Timing of family formation in ethnic mosaic Nepal: a district-level analysis.

"The purpose of this paper is to extend...previous research in order to analyse the district-level variations in the timing of family formation in Nepal. The main hypothesis examined is that the district-level variations in the timing of family formation are determined principally by ethnicity, independent of socio-economic factors. It is surmised, therefore, that the district-level variations are not randomly distributed among sub-populations but are differentiated by ethnic characteristics in the districts." The full text of this article is available electronically through www.undp.org/popin. excerpt