The relationship between education and marriage of girls in Iran in the period 2006-2017: Secondary analysis

In the last few decades, the level of education of Iranian girls has increased significantly.  Today, more than 60% of students are girls. The study is to investigate the relationship between education level and marriage possibility of Iranian 25- 40 year old girls. The research method was secondary analysis of the crude data of 2% of the censuses at 2006, 2011 and 2016 years.
The results showed that institutional effects and attendance at educational centers were of a significant effect on decreasing the possibility of girls' marriage. Also, there was a non-linear relationship between education level and possibility in marriage. This result is a confirmation of Broderl and Dickman's theory that discuss education is of a positive effect on intermediate level and a negative effect on low and high levels on women's marriage possibility. The results indicated that the adoption and implementation of family-oriented policies and programs, especially in universities can reduce the institutional effects and human capital effect of education on decreasing the possibility of girls' marriage