Factors Affecting the Age of Marriage

Student: Kharlamova Viktoriia

Supervisor: Andrey M. Emelyanov

Faculty: Faculty of Economics, Management, and Business Informatics

Educational Programme: Economics (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 7

Year of Graduation: 2017

This research paper is an econometric analysis of the factors that influence the age at which individuals marry in Russia. The model was constructed using data from the Russian Economic and Health Monitoring (RLMS) for 2011 – 2015. In the process of work, the following results were obtained: an increase in the income of an individual will entail a later age of marriage, while regular training in the gym on the contrary contribute to an earlier marriage of an individual. The use of alcoholic drinks also contributes to earlier marriage, smoking on the contrary increases the age. The presence of higher education, as well as the availability of secondary specialized education, does not lead to a change in the age of marriage.

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