Reasons of Marriage Postponement among the Young Girls: A Case Study in Kurdistan

Introduction: Nowadays, the postponement of the young girls’ marriage is one of the miserable social phenomena that will have consequences like statistical decrease of marriage. The goal of current study is to assign the postponement of the young girls’ marriage age in Kurdistan. Methodology: This research is based on the survey and the statistical society sample includes 385 girls in the ages of 20 to 35. All of the sample inhabit in Kurdistan [providence in west of Iran]. The tools to gather the data are the researcher’s questionnaire which was applied among the group due to the consistency and the narration. Findings: It is indicated that the suitable age for marriage is 27 for male and it was 23 for female. There is also meaningful relation among the social, family, economical variables and the marriage postponement in young girls. For them the variables of marriage postponement were respectively; the family, economical, social and individual issues. The young girls’ tendency to the marriage is less than the supposed middle in the society. Conclusions: Both the increase of the marriage postponement among young girls and their noninclination to the marriage has increased the social damages. The marriage instructions may contribute to improve the young people’s conditions as well as the young girls.

Marriage age Girls Effective factors of marriage Postponement Kurdistan