title: An integrated path analysis approach to study the variation in the age of female nuptiality of Orissa.
abstract: "In this article an attempt is made to study the effect of various socio-economic and demographic factors on the variation of the age at marriage of the females from one district to another district in Orissa [India]. Hence the study has been performed at state level by considering various districts as separate units of variation. For comparison, this work has been studied in three different situations of Orissa, namely, rural, urban and rural-urban combined."
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Pradhan
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005843:Geography; D007194:India; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; India; Marriage; Marriage Age--determinants; Marriage Age--women; Marriage Patterns; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Rural Population; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Asia; Urban Population