| Item type |
Book Section |
| Subjects |
300 Social sciences |
| Division/Agency |
LPPKN - National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia: Population and Family Research Division |
| Keywords |
Age at marriage, Non-marriage, Divorce, Policy response, Malaysia |
| Additional Information |
This paper has been presented at the National Population Conference 2022 (PERKKS 22) – Bangi Resort Hotel, Selangor on 10-11 November 2022. It is jointly organized by the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Malaysia, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya (UM) in collaboration with WMIT Group Sdn Bhd.
For further information, please contact:
1. Lai Siow Li
Faculty of Business and Economics
Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Email: laisl@um.edu.my
2. Tey Nai Peng
Faculty of Business and Economics
Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Email: teynp@um.edu.my |
| Abstract |
In Malaysia, educational improvement, urbanization, modern sector employment, women empowerment, and migration have brought about dramatic changes in marriage institutions, with the surging of age at marriage, singlehood, and divorce. Between 1970 and 2010, the singulate mean age at marriage among men and women increased from 25.5 years and 22.0 years to 28.0 years and 25.7 years. |
