Causes of Early Marriages Among Adolescents in Kasambya Sub County, Mubende District.

ABSTRACT This study focuses on the causes of early marriages among adolescents in Kasambya SubCounty, 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.