Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
This working paper explores the relationship between marriage arrangements and daily activities of young married women, using detailed time-use data from an adolescent study in rural Bangladesh. Measures of marriage arrangement are payment of dowry and the relative wealth status of natal and marital families. Using multivariate regression analysis, the results show that women’s time spent in domestic work, socializing, and self-care is significantly associated with marriage arrangement variables. Those who paid dowry spent more time in domestic work and less time in self-care and socializing relative to those who did not pay dowry. These patterns of association are similar to those the authors found in an earlier study between marriage arrangements and domestic violence, where paying dowry and marrying up are associated with greater violence.
DOI
10.31899/pgy3.1002
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Amin, Sajeda and Luciana Suran. 2008. "Terms of marriage and time-use patterns of young wives: Evidence from rural Bangladesh," Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper no. 10. New York: Population Council. Version of record: dx.doi.org/10.13085/eIJTUR.6.1.92-108
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