RELIGIOSITY, ECONOMY AND PATTERNS OF HINDU MARRIAGE IN INDIA
This paper investigates the extent to which economic variables are associated with several aspects of Hindu marriage. Data were obtained through interviews and schedules from the heads of households, living in a medium sized village community in Rajasthan, India, about the marriages of 158 and 163 boys and girls respectively. The caste differentials which seem to be reinforced by the economic aspect have been positively related with the expenditure in weddings, age at marriage, propinquity, and education of the subjects. This suggests that social inequality also has caused economic inequality which consequently adversely has affected the patterns of marriage as well as the process of change.