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Marriage, age at last birth and fertility in a traditional Moroccan population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Carlos Varea
Carlos Varea
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Unidad de Antropología, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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A sample of 842 rural women from Morocco (Amizmiz, Marrakech) was used to examine the relationship between a number of biosocial variables and fertility patterns. For women still in their reproductive years there were significant correlations between family size and woman's age, age at marriage and years of marriage. Among women with completed families, those with early age at marriage ceased childbearing about 10 years before reaching menopause, while women who married later continued to bear children until the end of their fertile life.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 1 - 15
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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