Causes of early marriages among adolescents in Kasambya Sub County, Mubende District.
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2018-05
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Kampala International University, School of Education, Open and Distance and E-learning
Abstract
This study focuses on the causes of early marriages among adolescents in Kasambya Sub-
County, Mubende district. The objectives of the study were; To find out the rate of early
marriages among adolescents in Kasambya sub-county, Mubende district of Uganda, the
researcher found out that the rate of early marriages was low due to increased government
enforcement of the laws through arresting the culprits on even the wedding ceremonies; To find
out how social causes early marriages among adolescents in Kasambya sub-county, Mubende
district of Uganda, the research revealed that social causes had played a big role in the causing of
early marriages among adolescents however several awareness of the community about the
effects of early marriages in the adolescents had been sensitized to the community which has
reduced the causes of early marriages in adolescents. To find out how economic causes of early
marriages in Kasambya sub-county, Mubende district of Uganda, the researcher found out that
poverty played a big role in causing early marriages ;To find out how psychological causes early
marriages among adolescents in Kasambya sub-county, Mubende district of Uganda,the research
revealed that high fertility rates of adolescents and pornographic media contributed to the causes
early marriages among the adolescents. The researcher used primary and secondary methods of
collecting data the sample of 50 respondents was considered and the respondents included
Students parish chief, secondary teachers and citizens leaders of the community. The secondary
data sources that were used included, observation, sampling and interviewing. The data was
presented using frequency tables.
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A Research Report Submitted to the College of Education Open and Distance Learning in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Award of a Bachelors Degree of Arts with Education of Kampala International University.
Keywords
Early marriages, Adolescents, Mubende District., Causes of early marriages