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

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CHAPTER ONE 9

INTRODUCTION 9

1.0 Background 9

1.1 Background of the study 9

1.2 Statement of the problem 10

1.2 Objective of the study 11

1.3.2 Specific objectives 11

1.4 Scope of the study 12

CHAPTER TWO 13

LITERATURE REVIEW 13

2.1 INTRODUCTION 13

2.2 Causes of early marriages 14

2.3 consequences of early marriage 16

CHAPTER THREE 18

METHODOLOGY 18

3.0 Introduction 18

3.1 Research Design 18

3.2 Research Population 18

3.3SampleSize 18

3.4 Sampling Procedure 18

3.5 Research Instruments 19

3.6 Data Gathering Procedures 19

3.8 Data Analysis 19

3.9 Ethical Consideration 19

3.10 Limitation of the study 19

CHAPTER FOUR .20

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 20

4.0 Introduction 20

4.1 Profile of the respondents (students, teachers, parish chief and community leaders) 20

4.2 Findings 21

4.2 Social causes of early marriages as revealed from respondents 22

4.2.3 Economic causes of early marriages in adolescents Kasambya Sub County, Mubende Distric.24

4.2.4 Psychological factors were reported for the cause of early marriages in adolescents Kasambya

Sub County, Mubende District 25

CHAPTER FIVE 27

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 27

5.0 Introduction 27

5.1 Discussion 27

5.2 Conclusion 29

5.3 Recommendations 29

5.4 Areas for further researcher 30

REFERENCES 31

APPENDICES 32

Appendix 1.: questionnaire 32

APPENDIX II 33

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.

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