Abstract
This study is a cross-cultural investigation of the impact of Nigerian women’s timing of marriage on their marital stability. Gross nuptiality tables and multiple decrement nuptiality tables are constructed based on census data, to examine the regional variations in the nuptiality patterns of Nigerian women across the six geo-political zones in the country. Methodological aspects of the model used in constructing the multiple decrement nuptiality was based on the assumption that re-entrants into marital union is not allowed. The results indicate that girl-child marriage and later-marriage increase the risk of marital dissolution. Various recommendations for policy interventions aimed at improving the marital stability of Nigerian women are stated.KEYWORDS: Marital disruption, Gross nuptiality table, Multiple decrement table, Girl-child marriage, Nuptiality pattern.
Highlights
This study is a cross-cultural investigation of the impact of Nigerian women’s timing of marriage on their marital stability
This study has its objectives in investigating the composition, and the effective length of reproductive regional variations in nuptiality pattern, and in examining periods
Of the study, emphasis is laid on the married, separated, divorced and widowed category of women, in order to analyse the regional differences of marital stability among married females across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria
Summary
Field have made contributions on this subject, The states in the Northcentral zone exhibit a slight diversity in religious and cultural practices as opposed to the other two northern zones with an indication of slightly lower rates of female child marriages. Marriages in this region are fairly more stable with an evidence of lesser marital instability as compared with the other two northern zones (Solivetti, 1994). In all the six zones, it is obvious from the census data that marriage is a universal phenomenon among female populations in Nigeria, with an evidence of very few or no female singles at advanced age. Explanation of the various columns of the constructed gross nuptiality tables are given in the footnotes
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