title: Timing of family formation in ethnic mosaic Nepal: a district-level analysis.
abstract: "The purpose of this paper is to extend...previous research in order to analyse the district-level variations in the timing of family formation in Nepal. The main hypothesis examined is that the district-level variations in the timing of family formation are determined principally by ethnicity, independent of socio-economic factors. It is surmised, therefore, that the district-level variations are not randomly distributed among sub-populations but are differentiated by ethnic characteristics in the districts."  The full text of this article is available electronically through www.undp.org/popin.
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005006:Ethnicity; D005843:Geography; D008393:Marriage; D009390:Nepal; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Asia; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Ethnic Groups; Geographic Factors; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Nepal; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Southern Asia; Time Factors