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Which Indonesian Women Marry Youngest, and Why?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2001

Gavin W. Jones
Gavin W. Jones
Affiliation:
Demography Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia, gavin.jones@anu.edu.au
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Abstract

Although the Indonesian Marriage Law of 1974 set a minimum age of marriage for females of 16, among some groups – notably Sundanese in West Java and Madurese in East Java – early marriage remained common well after the Marriage Law was promulgated. Early marriage has since declined but certainly not disappeared among these groups. This paper analyses trends in early marriage and reports on a field study among the Madurese.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 67 - 78
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© 2001 The National University, Singapore

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