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The effect of free primary education programs on marriage for Kenyan women.
- Date Issued:
- 2014
- Abstract/Description:
- This dissertation investigates the effect of education on the chances and age of marriage during the transition from adolescence into young adulthood among Kenyan women age 15-22. Women who receive more education are more likely to delay marriage. The literature suggests that occupation and age at sexual debut are also significantly associated with age of marriage. This study considers how these and other factors may possibly affect the life course of women in Kenya over a period of time and increases our understanding of marriage predictors. Data comes from the 2003 and 2008 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys. Binary logistic and OLS regression models are used to analyze and compare the data. The results imply that while education has a statistically significant and strong positive effect on a woman's marital status as well as age of marriage, the effect of education on age of marriage has not changed since the introduction of Kenya's free primary education program.
Title: | The effect of free primary education programs on marriage for Kenyan women. |
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Name(s): |
Eisele, Joanna, Author Wright, James, Committee Chair Corzine, Harold, Committee CoChair Rivera, Fernando, Committee Member Carter, J. Scott, Committee Member Pals, Heili, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 2014 | |
Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | This dissertation investigates the effect of education on the chances and age of marriage during the transition from adolescence into young adulthood among Kenyan women age 15-22. Women who receive more education are more likely to delay marriage. The literature suggests that occupation and age at sexual debut are also significantly associated with age of marriage. This study considers how these and other factors may possibly affect the life course of women in Kenya over a period of time and increases our understanding of marriage predictors. Data comes from the 2003 and 2008 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys. Binary logistic and OLS regression models are used to analyze and compare the data. The results imply that while education has a statistically significant and strong positive effect on a woman's marital status as well as age of marriage, the effect of education on age of marriage has not changed since the introduction of Kenya's free primary education program. | |
Identifier: | CFE0005486 (IID), ucf:50349 (fedora) | |
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2014-12-01 Ph.D. Sciences, Sociology Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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Subject(s): | primary education -- timing of marriage -- Kenya -- life course -- cumulative advantage | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005486 | |
Restrictions on Access: | public 2014-12-15 | |
Host Institution: | UCF |