What decides women's marital age — wealth, education or caste
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The Role of Disabled Castes in Marriage Choices
In rare cases, we find that young women are possibly being betrothed even before they have finished their education. So you will find in certain castes like amongst the goodgers, for instance, in Rajasthan,. The woman after marriage continues with her education after marriage because the family would like to see her have this as part of her qualification for that marriage. They may belong to higher levels in terms of economic status, but if you feel a sense of disadvantage socially, even if economically you're not amongst the poorest, you may still want to go ahead with a betrothedeven before the age of 80. You know, for purposes of control in a context that is changing so
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