Socio-demographic factors associated with Young adults’ Attitudes and intentions towards marriage: in Kotebe metropolitan University and Addis Ababa Medical and Business University College.
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2019-03
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Addis Ababa University
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Marriage is one of the oldest socially recognized institution and essential for the procreation of children and satisfaction ofsexual urges.This study aimed to investigating attitudes towards marriage and intentions to marry, and identifying factors contributing to these attitudes amongst young adults’ university students in Kotebe metropolitan Addis Ababa and Addis Ababa Medical and Business University College. Participants were 273 undergraduate students from both universities. Data was gathered by a three likert type questionnaire and semi structured interview measured about attitudes and intentions towards marriage. The results are analyzed and interpreted using SPSS software version 20. The scores areinterpreted quantitatively. Open-ended suggestions are interpretedqualitatively.The analysis revealed factors that significantly influenced attitudes toward marriage were by socio-demographic like, participants gender, residents/Urban and rural/, degree of religious frequency, parental marital stats, birth order for their siblings and participants’ parent income, both mother and father educational level have significant difference in attitudes towards marriage. Further, indicating that males and females intend and want to marry in the future, the minority 35 (24.3%) of females and 47 (38.8%) males stating that they would never intend to marry. Present research found females showed stronger intent to marry compared to that of males. The qualitative results also shown that respondents were well explained the importance and feeling of marriage. Postpone marriage due to necessary prerequisite such as economic conditions, extension of education as well as find the right ideal age and marital partner which is necessary to marriage. Family, peers, society and school environment were important to developed young adults attitudes about marriage.On the other hand, when students were compared on participants’ age, religion, current participant living with intact and non-intact family showed no differences on attitudes towards marriage. In order to improve positive attitudes toward marriage among university students, it is necessary to provide them with marriage education programs that increase the knowledge and skills needed to build healthy and positive attitudes towards marriage.
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