Woman's age of marriage is one of the important proximate
determinant of fertility. A number of research have been done to explain
marriage patterns across age, cohort, and socioeconomic factors. One of
the powerful models that often used to explain the marriage pattern is
Caale-McNeil model. The purpose of this study is to determine tire Java
and Bali marriage patterns using Coale-McNeil marriage model. Data
used are based on the 1991 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey.
The study shows that there is quite a great variation in mean age of first
marriage across provinces. it was also found that the mean age of first
marriage changes across cohorts. Tire younger cohorts tend to marry ar
under age.
