The Planning Implications of Age at First Marriage in the Traditional Urban Setting of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOlorunfemi, Jacob Funso
dc.contributor.authorOrire, Ismaila Oloyede
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-18T08:07:47Z
dc.date.available2023-05-18T08:07:47Z
dc.date.issued2013-08
dc.description.abstractThe survey examined the age at first marriage amongst residents of Ilorin in a spatio-temporal perspective. Samples were drawn from women within three birth cohorts (1960s, 1970s and 1980s) who at the time of survey were between ages 15-44yrs and reside within Ilorin metropolis. The study discovered that the proportion of single 'unmarried' adult women decreased as cohort age increased. About 73.5% of sampled respondents had their first marriage between ages 20-29yrs. The chi-square test revealed that both level of education and religious belief were found to have significant influences on residents' age at first marriage. This definitely has an important implication on their lifetime fertility and global population figures. Early or Teenage Marriages tended to decrease even though teen pregnancies outside wedlock still abound in some sections of the metropolis.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1115-960X
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/10416
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin - Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectFertility, Birth Cohort, Women, Ilorin Metropolisen_US
dc.titleThe Planning Implications of Age at First Marriage in the Traditional Urban Setting of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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