Effects of early marriage on socio-economic status of women in Senendet Sub-County Bukwo District
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2018-08
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social science
Abstract
The study investigated the effects of early marriage on the socio-economic status of women in
Senendet sub-county, Bukwo District. The objectives of the study were; to examine the causes of
early marriages in Senendet sub-county, to establish the specific effects of early marriages on
social economic status of women in Senendet sub-county, and to determine the socio economic
status of women in Senendet sub-county, Bukwo District.
The sttidy used both the quantitative and qualitative research approaches; the quantitative
approach consisted of descriptive designs such as descriptive co-relational to establish the effects
of early marriages on the socio-economic status of women, cross sectional design and descriptive
comparative design whereas the qualitative approach consisted of survey and case study designs.
To ensure confidentiality of the information provided by the respondents and to ascertain the
practice ofethics in this study, the following activities were implemented by the researcher: Sought
permission to adopt the standardized questionnaire on community participation in a written
communication to the author. The researcher distributed 133 questionnaires were retrieved and
correctly filled and answered. This gave a retrieval rate of 100%. according to Amin (2004). if die
response rate is more than 70%, this is enough to carry on and continue with data analysis.
According to the research findings, the researcher revealed that early marriages in Senendet S/C
is catised by poverty, parental influence. Religion. Culture and peer influence. The research further
more revealed thai 57% of respondents were female and 47% were male because the research was
Ièmale based among whom 45% were married. 30% single, 15% separated and 10% had already
experienced divorce majority of which had married at tender age especially women. In relation to
early marriage. majority of teenage mothers had a negative attitude towards early marriage as in
the figure (chapter four, 4.4.2) From the lindings, the results showed that the majority of the
respondents agreed that Religion influences early marriages before age of 18 years with a mean of
2.78 although some of the respondents had different views as shown by the standard deviation of
1.542. From the findings presented in chapter four. the following are the recommendations. The
government should set-up laws prohibiting teenage marriage to protect children from getting
matted at their tender age.
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A research report submitted to the faculty of humanities and social sciences the partial fulfillment of the requirements of tile award bachelor’s degree in social work and social administration of Kampala International University
Keywords
Early marriage, Socio-economic status, Women, Bukwo District