The data reveal a significant association between education and type of marriage. Education is positively related to monogamy and negatively to polygyny. No significant association is found between women's occupation and the type of marriage in which they are. Place of residence and type of marriage are also significantly related. More rural women than urban women are found in polygynous marriages, and more urban women than rural women are found in monogamous marriages.
Religion is significantly related to type of marriage.
Orthodox Western religion is positively related to monogamy but negatively related to polygyny. Moslems, and traditional religion practitioners seem to be highly represented in polygyny. This paper is about women and development in India. Despite many five year plans which have specifically focused on development in rural areas, the major thrust and rapid development has been in the urban centers. Thus capital and technology is concentrated in the urban centers with the rural areas totally dependent on the urban area for its sustenance.