Socio-economic and Demographic Determinants of Female First Marital Dissolution in Addis Ababa: The Case of Yeka Sub City
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Marital life dissolution has important and direct effect on the well being of the family at the
individual or societal level. But studies on marital dissolution with its causative factors
especially due to family migration are rare and scarce in our cauntry. The present study
attempts to explore the basic demographic and socio- economic determinants of female first
marital dissolution in Addis Ababa, the case of Yeka sub-city, using primary data. A total of
600 women were interviewed using structured questionnaire. And an in-depth interview was
done with selected key informants. Among surveyed women 61.3 percent of the families were
migrants within first marriage. Concerning the result, the bi-variate analysis indica tes the
significant association of migration status of the family, age at first marriage and some socioeconomic
characteristics of respondents with marital dissolution. Moreover migration status
of the family, number of migration, stream of migration within first marriage and the place
where the family live at the start of first marriage are among the variables which showed a
significant difference between the dichotomous groups. On the other hand, the result of
logistic regressian analysis showed that first marital dissolution would be higher among
migrants than non migrant families and as the number of migration within first marriage
increases marital dissolution would increase. Moreover families who live in rural area after
the time of first marriage have a higher risk of marital dissolution than those who lived in
urban area. Accardingly, based on this result the researcher recommend to study further on
the causes and cansequences of family migration in relation to marital dissolution.
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Marital Dissolution