Regional Variation in Age at First Marriage among Women of Reproductive Age in Nigeria
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2023-04-20
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Abstract
The society and the environment have great influence on the attitudes and the decisions made
by her residents. The age at which a woman enters marriage to some extent is influenced by the
society and the environment she lives in and some other socio-demographic factors. This study
employs a hierarchical survival analysis which account for state differences in the age at first
marriage among Nigerian women using the dataset from 2018 National Demographic Health
survey. The Cox model with two independent random effects was used to provide parameter
estimates as well as estimates of the random effects variances at all the levels. It was found
that state heterogeneity had the highest contribution and location of residence within the
state also contributed to the differences in the timing of marriage. The study also revealed that
region, location of residence, wealth index, respondent age at first sex, birth cohort, religious
affiliation and educational qualification of the women were significant factors in determining
the age at first marriage.
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heterogeneity, cluster, random effects, AIC, age at first marriage.
Citation
Adeniyi O.I., Olonijolu I.R., Omekam I.V., Akinrefon A.A., and Oladuti O.M. (2023). Regional Variation in Age at First Marriage among Women of Reproductive Age in Nigeria. Journal of Science and Technology. 41(1): 19 - 30.