Table 1.

Marriage norms by ethnicity as reported by adat (ethnic law) experts, Indonesia, 1997.

		Acceptable age at marriage, mean (SD)					Post-marriage residence of couple, %
		According to traditional law		Common practice now			According to traditional law			Common practice now
	N	Female	Male	Female	Male	Virilocal	Uxorilocal	Ambilocal/ neolocal	Virilocal	Uxorilocal	Ambilocal/ neolocal
Javanese	118	16.3	20.3	18.9	22.9	0.16	0.66	0.18	0.14	0.52	0.35
		(2.9)	(3.6)	(1.8)	(3.1)
Sundanese	39	15.7	19.2	19.2	22.1	0.10	0.64	0.26	0.08	0.51	0.41
		(1.7)	(2.4)	(2.4)	(3.0)
Balinese	15	19.9	22.9	21.1	24.7	0.87	0.00	0.13	0.80	0.20	0.47
		(2.5)	(3.4)	(2.3)	(4.1)
Banjar	11	15.6	18.0	18.4	20.6	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00
		(1.9)	(3.1)	(2.1)	(2.8)
Batak	10	18.3	21.5	21.0	24.6	0.80	0.20	0.00	0.70	0.20	0.10
		(2.0)	(3.0)	(2.3)	(3.3)
Betawi	9	16.4	19.2	20.2	23.3	0.22	0.67	0.11	0.00	0.67	0.33
		(2.2)	(2.4)	(2.9)	(2.9)
Sasak	9	16.6	18.1	19.0	21.7	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.89	0.00	0.11
		(1.6)	(2.9)	(1.2)	(2.5)
Minangkabau	7	18.6	21.7	19.0	21.4	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00
		(1.8)	(2.8)	(2.5)	(2.9)
Bugis	6	14.8	16.7	18.7	20.8	0.00	0.83	0.17	0.00	0.83	0.17
		(1.7)	(3.2)	(1.5)	(2.3)
Madurese	5	16.0	18.4	17.0	19.4	0.40	0.60	0.00	0.40	0.60	0.00
		(3.4)	(3.9)	(1.6)	(4.8)

Source: Indonesia Family Life Survey (1997)