The article examines the maintenance of equality among an agro-pastoral people of north central Nepal. It does so by first showing how household processes are a function of demographic processes and culturally structured behavior. The possibilities for ramifying differentials across generations are then examined, by showing how marriage timing is itself a strategic decision with consequences for women's fertility and their household developmental cycles. The largest context of these decisions is looked at through some patrilineal histories and the pattern of marriages and household development these engendered. The study is based on the Tamang population. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-09)