title: Socio-economic variables influencing mean age at marriage in Karnataka and Kerala.
abstract: "In this paper an attempt was made to study the influence of certain socio-economic variables on the male and the female age at marriage in Karnataka and Kerala [India] for the year 1971.  Step-wise regression method has been used to select the predictor variables influencing mean age at marriage.  The results reveal that percent female literate...and percent female in labour force...are found to influence female mean age at marriage in Kerala, while the variables for Karnataka were percent female literate..., percent male literate..., and percent urban male population...."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D007194:India; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Asia; Data Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Human Resources; India; Labor Force--women; Literacy--men; Literacy--women; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Research Report; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Statistical Regression; Statistical Studies