Which Indonesian women marry youngest, and why?

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-78

  Jones, Gavin W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 9444238025     PISSN: 00224634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022463401000029     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Gavin W. Jones, 'The Demise of Universal Marriage in East and South-East Asia', in The Continuing Demographic Transition, ed. Gavin W. Jones, Robert M. Douglas, John C. Caldwell and Rennie d'Souza (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997), pp. 51-79.
2. J.S. and R.S. Katz, 'Legislating Changes in a Developing Country: The New Indonesian Marriage Law Revisited', American Journal of Comparative Law, 26, 2 (1978): 309-20.
3. Sri Handayani Hanum, 'The Various Consequences of Child Marriages: A Case Study in North Bengkulu', paper presented at Fourth Asia Pacific Science and Medicine Conference, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 7-11 Dec. 1998.
4. Gavin W. Jones, Marriage and Divorce in islamic Southeast Asia (Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1994), pp. 84-8; concerning the Madurese, see fn. 11, pp. 110-11.
5. Government of Indonesia, Central Bureau of Statistics, Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey 1994 (Calverton, MD: CBS and MI, 1995), Table 8.4.2.
6. Sumbawa, the other island that is included in the province of Nusatenggara Barat, also displayed a similar pattern of decline in age at marriage over time (data for Sumbawa not shown in Table 2). There was little difference between Lombok and Sumbawa in the ages by which 50 per cent of female birth cohorts married.
7. Gavin W. Jones, Yahya Asari and Tuti Djuartika, 'Divorce in West Java', Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 25, 3 (1994): 395-416; Sri Handayani Hanum, 'The Various Consequences of Child Marriages'.
8. Gavin W. Jones, Yahya Asari and Tuti Djuartika, 'Divorce in West Java', Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 25, 3 (1994): 395-416; Sri Handayani Hanum, 'The Various Consequences of Child Marriages'.
9. T.H. and V.J. Hull, 'Changing Marriage Behaviour in Java: The Role of Timing of Consummation', Southeast Asian Journal of Social Sciences, 15, 1 (1987): 104-19;
10. Jones, Marriage and Divorce in Islamic Southeast Asia, pp. 59-61.
11. Gavin W. Jones, 'Religion and Education in Indonesia', Indonesia no. 22 (Oct. 1976): 19-56.
12. Anke Niehof, 'Women and Fertility in Madura (Indonesia)' (PhD diss., Leiden University, 1985).
13. Indraswari, 'Fenomena kawin muda dan aborsi: gambaran kasus', in Menakar 'Harga' Perempuan, ed. Syafiq Hasyim (Bandung: Penerbit Mizan, 1999).
14. For more details about the long-standing Madurese population of East Java, and migration from Madura over that period, see Laurence Husson, 'Eight Centuries of Madurese Migration to East Java', Asia Pacific Migration Journal, 6, 1 (1997): 77-102.
15. Niehof, 'Women and Fertility', p. 179.
16. Budi Soeradji and Sri Harijati Hatmadji, Perbedaan Umur Perkawinan Antar Daerah (Jakarta: Lembaga Demografi, Fakultas Ekonomi, Universitas Indonesia, 1982); Agus Dwiyanto et al., Studi Evaluasi: Tingkat, Pola dan Determinan Usia Kawin Wanita dan Pria (Yogyakarta: Pusat Penelitian Kependudukan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, n.d.).
17. Budi Soeradji and Sri Harijati Hatmadji, Perbedaan Umur Perkawinan Antar Daerah (Jakarta: Lembaga Demografi, Fakultas Ekonomi, Universitas Indonesia, 1982); Agus Dwiyanto et al., Studi Evaluasi: Tingkat, Pola dan Determinan Usia Kawin Wanita dan Pria (Yogyakarta: Pusat Penelitian Kependudukan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, n.d.).
18. Sri Handayani Hanum, 'The Various Consequences of Child Marriages', p. 3; Indraswari, 'Fenomena kawin muda dan aborsi'.
19. Sri Handayani Hanum, 'The Various Consequences of Child Marriages', p. 3; Indraswari, 'Fenomena kawin muda dan aborsi'.
20. Afdol, Effectiveness of the Minimum Marriage Age Law in Bangkalan, SEAPRAP Research Report No. 76 (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1979), pp. 30-1.