Biosocial life-course factors associated with women's early marriage in rural India: The prospective longitudinal Pune Maternal Nutrition Study.

Akanksha A Marphatia Jonathan C K Wells Alice M Reid Chittaranjan S Yajnik

Published in: American journal of biological anthropology (2021)

Early marriage reflects "future discounting," where reduced parental investment in daughters' somatic and educational capital from early in her life favors an earlier transition to the life-course stage when reproduction can occur. Interventions initiated in adolescence may occur too late in the life-course to effectively delay women's marriage.

Keyphrases

polycystic ovary syndrome
pregnancy outcomes
physical activity
type diabetes
south africa
gene expression
current status
preterm birth