The Process of Mate Selection and the Problem of Cohabiting Couple 50 Adjustment ·for Marriage Contract in the Case of Debre Markos Town
| dc.contributor.advisor | Abera, Dame (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Belay, Habtamu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-10T08:18:07Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-10T13:02:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-10T08:18:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-10T13:02:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the process of mate selection and the problem of cohabiting couple's adjustment for marriage contract in case of Debre Markos town. Data were gathered by using questionnaire and interview. The items were scales of mate selection, reason for cohabitation and cohabiting couple's adjustment problem of marnage contract and the interview supplement the questions raised in the questionnaire. Hundred eight (55 male and 53 female) participani:s were selected. Among the total respondents (91%) of the respondents were orthodox Christians and the majority of the participants were grown up in a middle class family which accounts (72%). Comparison of mean difference, linear regression and t-test were computed to analyze the data. The major criteria to choose a potential mate in Debre Markos were economic capacity (M=23.3,sd=.70), and persona! characteristics (22.B,sd=.336). There is no significant difference between men and women in mate selection criteria (t (98) = 1.89, P>0.05. At the same time these five criteria together do have very high predictive power that accounts R2 = .974. That means the fiw criteria of mate selection together can predict 97.4% of mate selection. The result on reasons for cohabitation revealed that people cohabit primarily for convenience purpose (M= 3.02, sd = .73). Racial background (M=3.24, sd= .58), unrealistic concept of expenditure (M=3.lB, sd=4.l5) and fear of birth before marriage (M=3.lB, sd=4.l5) were the major adjustment problems of cohabiting couples for maniage contract. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/15609 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | problem of cohabiting couple's adjustmen | en_US |
| dc.title | The Process of Mate Selection and the Problem of Cohabiting Couple 50 Adjustment ·for Marriage Contract in the Case of Debre Markos Town | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |