title: Recent nuptiality trends and patterns in Kuwait.
abstract: "Comparison of marriage data from the five-yearly censuses in Kuwait from 1970 to 1985, and vital statistics, show trends in marriage.  Age at first marriage increased for women, but there was little change in men, so there was a narrowing of the age difference between spouses.  There is a new tendency emerging for Kuwaiti males to marry non-Kuwaiti females.  These changes are attributed to increasing education and employment of women, urbanisation and modernisation, and appear to be leading to a decline in fertility."
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kohli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-omaim
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005298:Fertility; D005843:Geography; D007730:Kuwait; D008393:Marriage; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Employment Status--women; Fertility; Fertility Decline; Geographic Factors; Intermarriage; Kuwait; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Modernization; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Sex Factors; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Western Asia