MARRIAGE AGE OF WOMEN IN KERALA

Average marriage age of women in Kerala has risen from 20 years to 21.5 years during the period from 1998-99 to 2019-20. However, according to report from the Times of India dated 30 December 2021, this age trend is different in the northern districts of Kerala like Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad etc. According National Family Health Survey (NFHS) there are evidently a fair dip in the lower age marriage. Marriage rate of women aged 20 -24 years who had marriage at the age of 18 years had come down to 15.3% in 2019-20 from 23.3% in 2015-16.

According to a report by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation of 2019 the mean age of marriage of women in India is 22.1 years. However, 27% marriages are reported to be below 18 years in 2021.

The lowest mean age of  marriage of women in 2017-18 among states was Bengal with 20.9 and highest was Kasmir with 26.7 years.
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(Indebted to the Times of India and other web sources for data)

K V George

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