TY - RPRT AU - Westoff, Charles F. AU - Blanc, Ann K. AU - Nyblade, Laura CY - Calverton, Maryland, USA TI - Marriage and entry into parenthood T2 - DHS Comparative Studies No. 10 PB - Macro International PY - 1994 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/CS10/CS10.pdf AB - The primary purpose of this report is to present comparable information of marriage and first births for countries participating in the DHS I program. The report is divided into several sections: a description of DHS procedures for the collection of data on marriage and first birth; a set of international comparisons for DHS countries on several measures of current marital status and marital stability; exposure to childbearing among never-married women; and age at marriage and age at first birth. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) is a 13-year project to assist government and private agencies in developing countries to conduct national sample surveys on population and maternal and child health. Funded primarily by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), DHS is administered by Macro International Inc. in Calverton, Maryland, USA. ER -