An Investigation of the Relationship Among Occupational Opportunities for Women, Marriage, and Fertility Page: 11
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States marry at an age younger than any other advanced in-
dustrialized nation" (7, p. 317). Moreover, social problems
seem to emanate from this tendency to marry young. Youth-
ful marriage increases population growth through unwanted
fertility and early childbearing which shortens the length
of time between successive generations. Early marriage
results in the inability to gain financial stability prior
to childbearing and tends to increase the risk of divorce.
To the extent that it results in larger family size, early
marriage contributes to higher child mortality and morbidity
and to reduced child intelligence and physical growth" (29,
p. 209). The American population appears to be aware of the
effects of early marriage. During the National Fertility
Survey in 1965, married women under fifty-five years of age
were asked, "Would you encourage a daughter to marry at a
younger or at an older age than you did?" (29i, p. 209).
Forty-eight percent of the respondents said "older" while
only eleven percent said "younger" (29, p. .209).
Coupled with the argument that early marriage leads to
social problems is the assertion that occupational oppor-
tunities for women in the United States encourage early mar-
riage and are in part responsible for the low age at first
marriage (34) . The assumption is that couples marry at an
early age because women can work and make a financial con-
tribution to the household. Couples are no longer dependent
on one income. They don't have to wait until the husband's
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Ross, Patricia A. An Investigation of the Relationship Among Occupational Opportunities for Women, Marriage, and Fertility, dissertation, May 1977; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330883/m1/20/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .