title: Netting in Nepal: social change, the life course, and brideservice in Sangila.
abstract: "Using survey and ethnographic data gathered in Nepal, this paper examines the implications of change in work, living experiences, and the marriage process for subsequent inter-familial relationships exemplified by cross-cousin marriage and the provision of brideservice.  Hypotheses are developed which consider the impact of community context on these behaviors; these are tested in logistic regression analyses for the first marriages of all 430 ever-married women in the community.  Cross-cousin marriage and brideservice are shown to be related to prior familial characteristics, life-course experience, and elements of the marriage process in ways that are significantly conditioned by community history and proximity to urban centers."
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fricke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Dahal
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001695:Biology; D003241:Consanguinity; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005823:Genetics; D005843:Geography; D008393:Marriage; D009390:Nepal; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012922:Social Change
keywords: Asia; Biology; Community; Consanguinity; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Genetics; Geographic Factors; Macroeconomic Factors; Marriage; Marriage Patterns; Nepal; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Residence Characteristics; Social Change; Southern Asia; Spatial Distribution