title: The age at marriage of female and family welfare.
abstract: "One of the critical factors affecting population growth is age at marriage, more specifically the female age of marriage.... The efforts made by Good Parents Groups (USA) in this direction to solve this problem are discussed in this paper." The geographical focus is on India.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D007194:India; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011155:Population Control; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D011640:Public Policy
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Family Planning; India; Marriage; Marriage Age--women; Marriage Patterns; Nuptiality; Policy; Population; Population Control; Population Dynamics; Population Growth--determinants; Population Policy; Social Policy; Southern Asia