EXPLORING THE REASONS OF DELAY IN MARRIAGES AMONG UNIVERSITY GIRLS

Abstract

The profound purpose of this research work is to understand the perception of girls of universities on delay marriages. This research study has focused on the socio-economic and psychological issues faced by girls due to delay their marriages. The researcher selected the quantitative research design which includes data analysis technique, research design methods and tools for data collection. Moreover, a structured and closed ended questionnaire has been used which covered 100 sample sizes of respondents. A comparative analysis has been made by researcher of this research study in which 50% respondents were taken from Quaid-I-Azam University and 50% respondents were taken from Sindh University Jamshoro. The survey method has been utilised for data collection in which I as a researcher provided questionnaires to respondents in field work. The whole collected data was analysed with the support of computer software; the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). As far as the major findings of this research work are concerned that the delayed marriages of girls are often held due to pursuing of their higher education. Girls are often faced multiple hardships due to their delayed marriages including socio-economic and psychological factors, personal relationships of many girls of their own choice and mental illness, dowry and financial issues. There are some more causes are found for delay marriages includes the search of better partner according to their qualification, caste system, cultural constraints and family responsibilities.