How often do couples know one another before marriage in Pakistan?
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Pakistan has no current nationally representative statistic for how long spouses knew one another before marriage or what contact they had. Research among married youth has examined prior acquaintance and marriage decision-making, but its sampled populations and age limits prevent a national estimate. “Knowing” can also mean being relatives, family acquaintances, classmates, colleagues or communicating after a proposal, which surveys classify differently. Any precise national percentage should therefore be rejected unless the question, sample, year and type of prior contact are clearly reported.
Sources used
Marriage decision making, spousal communication, and reproductive health among married youth in Pakistan
Global Health Action
Published 2011. Analyses 1,803 married women aged 15–24 from a 2001–02 survey; historical associations, not a current survey of spouse-selection choices.Source checked:
View sourcePakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017–18
National Institute of Population Studies and The DHS Program
National survey evidence for marriage timing, women, households and health indicators.View source