"This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of marriage in archipelagic Southeast Asian countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. It examines the way trends in the formation and dissolution of marriages are related to changes in the economy and society in the region."

Part I. Overview 1. Marriage Trends in Insular Southeast Asia: Their Economic and Socio-Cultural Dimension 2. Statistical Indices of Marriage Patterns in Insular Southeast Asia 3. Teenage Marriage Trends and Issues in Insular Southeast Asia Part II. Indonesia 4. Regional Differences in Marriage Patterns in Indonesia in the Twenty-First Century 5. Politics and Marriage among Islamic Activists In Indonesia 6. Underage Marriage and Poverty in West Java, Indonesia 7. Delayed Marriage among Lower Socio-Economic Groups in an Indonesia Industrial City 8. Bugis Marriage: State Laws, Islam and Local Practice 9. Dowry Systems and Extended Family Networks: A Case Study In Manggarai and Nagekeo, Flores, Indonesia Part III. Malaysia 10. Understanding Marriage and Divorce Trends In Peninsular Malaysia 11. Marriage among the 'Urbanized Rural Poor: Return Migrants In Northwest Kelantan 12. Gender Battles and the Syariah: Translating Islamic Marital Law into Everyday Practice in Malaysia 13. International Marriages in Malaysia: Issues arising from State Policies and Processes Part IV. Philippines And Singapore 14. Cohabitation and Poverty in the Philippines 15. The State Of Marriage In Singapore