Attitude of Pre-Marriage Couples towards Marriage

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Attitude of Pre-Marriage Couples towards Marriage

Until the 18th century, marriage was principally seen as an "arranged" association for often time’s political, economic and/or societal settlement. Some people even said that marriage was seen as an Exchange of Property and assets. However not everything before 18th century was without hint of love, romance, wedding ceremony and all we see today. Trend has been changed altogether now. (Shaoyuan 2008, p.16)

This article represents the study survey findings of the pre-marital couples in Hong Kong. Before marriage what kind of attitude both sex partners have about the love, sex, marriage, having children and what kind of life style they suppose to adopt after the marriage and how socially they interact with other people. Study was conducted by interacting with few marriage agencies. One of which is Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Counsel. Although there are some pre-marriage counseling and marriage enrichment training services are also provided in Hong Kong. (Cheung 2008, p.88)

Basic question for the teenagers is would they like to have an arrange marriage or love marriage. Now in recent times there is a trend of cohabitating, which means both male and female having sex before marriage and living as married couples, but they are legally not married. This trend is going to increase with the passage of time and it will create problems in the society. Actually this trend is developed due the western media and seeing other married couples who are not happy with each other but due to the legal binding they have to live with each other in depressed environment. These kind of out come stimulate the teenagers not to go for marriage and have and physical relationship before marriage. Most of the teenager is involved in such kind of relationship but they are not informed much about the outcome of this relationship, which may result in Pregnancy and in teenage they become parents. (Fulcher 2007, p.30-31)

In some societies there is a trend of delayed marriage which eventually leads towards the before marriage sexual relationships as they have to fulfill their sexual needs.

To avoid and to understand such kind of the problems a research is conducted, so how these teenager think or perceive about their marriage in different developmental stages of there life and which stimulates them to change their behavior, because what teenager said about pre-marriage relationships will give a better idea to think upon and conclude solutions for this problem. (Wilson 1995, p.19)

A convenient survey sample was taken because it was not possible to collect all data. In this regard both male and female teenagers filled out separate questionnaire so both would be treated as a separate unit in the later stages of the research. The data was collected during May 1994 to January 1995 through self-administrative questionnaire. The social workers have informed the perspective participant that for which purpose this survey is being conducted and their participation in the survey is entirely voluntary. (Shaoyuan 2008, p.95)

At total 284 valid questionnaires were collected. This sample includes 139(48.9%) men and 145 (51.1%) women. Majority of the respondents 75 $% are between the age of 25-32.

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  • Some the main conclusion of the finding which were given by the respondents are
  • There is increase in the ratio of divorce and separation
  • People continue to delay their marriage
  • Cohabitation is gaining popularity with the passage of time as alternative to legal marriage.
  • There is increase in the pre-marital or post marital sex.
  • Most the people like not to have children’s and young women’s stay away from marriage.

The outrage of sexual association outside marriage is that those who pamper in it are trying to separate one kind of combination (the sexual) from all the other kinds ...

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