Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: evidence from malawi |
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Authors: | Mika Ueyama Futoshi Yamauchi |
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Institution: | 1.Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute 10-5,Ichigaya Honmura-cho,Tokyo,Japan;2.Futoshi Yamauchi, International Food Policy Research Institute,Washington |
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Abstract: | This article examines the effect of AIDS-related mortality of the prime-age adult population on marriage behavior among women
in Malawi. A rise in prime-age adult mortality increases risks associated with the search for a marriage partner in the marriage
market. A possible behavioral change in the marriage market in response to an increase in prime-age adult mortality is to
marry earlier to avoid exposure to HIV/AIDS risks. We test this hypothesis by using micro data from Malawi, where prime-age
adult mortality has drastically increased. In the analysis, we estimate the probability of prime-age adult mortality that
sample women have observed during their adolescent period by utilizing retrospective information on deaths of their siblings.
Empirical analysis shows that excess prime-age adult mortality in the local marriage market lowers the marriage age for females
and shortens the interval between the first sex and first marriage. |
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