title: Recent changes in marriage patterns in rural Bangladesh.
abstract: "This article considers age at marriage and other aspects of nuptiality in Bangladesh in the context of opportunities to accelerate national development. It suggests that concerted efforts to increase the female age at marriage could produce a number of beneficial effects ranging from reduction in the incidence of divorce and widowhood to a lowering of fertility. It suggests a number of policy and programme measures that could be employed to foster such an increase."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001459:Bangladesh; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D008393:Marriage; D011640:Public Policy
keywords: Asia; Bangladesh; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Family Policy; Marriage; Marriage Age--women; Marriage Patterns; Nuptiality; Policy; Social Policy; Southern Asia