ABSTRACT

Across Asia, men and women increasingly delay or abstain from marriage, a change often linked to improvements in female educational attainment and labour force participation. In Myanmar, less than 90 per cent of women aged 45–49 years during the 2014 census had ever married, compared to nearly all men of a similar age. This paper investigates the difference in marriage patterns between males and females in Myanmar. Using a Cox proportional hazards model, we analyse the associations between entry into marriage across age cohorts, and male and female educational attainment and workforce participation. We find that having a high level of education and currently working negatively affect women's chances of marrying across all ages. While higher education similarly affects younger men, we find that higher socioeconomic status substantially improves a man's likelihood of marriage in later life, suggesting lingering gender stereotypes influencing women to remain single in the country.

摘要

在整个亚洲，男性和女性越来越多地推迟或放弃婚姻，这一变化通常与女性受教育程度和劳动力参与率的提高有关。在缅甸，在 2014 年人口普查期间，45-49 岁的女性中只有不到 90% 的人结过婚，而几乎所有同龄男性都与之相比。本文调查了缅​​甸男女婚姻模式的差异。使用 Cox 比例风险模型，我们分析了不同年龄段的结婚与男性和女性教育程度和劳动力参与之间的关联。我们发现，受过高等教育和目前正在工作会对所有年龄段女性的结婚机会产生负面影响。虽然高等教育同样会影响年轻男性，