Young People and Barriers to Marriage

This study seeks to find how young people express barriers to their marriage by using the qualitative method. Information obtained from 25 semi-structured interviews. The outcome shows that an important issue in preventing young people from getting married is unemployment, which reduces the confidence in running a post-marriage life. Uncertain fate is another obstacle that arises due to the unpredictability of life trajectories. Meanwhile, the family's inability to support their young people's marriages is another obstacle that increases the severity of the problem. Another significant obstacle to marriage is the prolongation of the transitional period that we analyze as "the transitional trap". The rush hour of life is another factor that prevents young people from getting married. An essential issue that women suggest is the fear of not being elected. The anxiety of restricting young people's freedom is another issue that participants propose. These circumstances create a situation in which young people prefer making relationships outside the marriage. This matter in the marriage atmosphere arouses mistrust to opposite sexes and develops the fear of getting married. In some cases, participants suggested unfamiliarity with marriage and married life as another obstacle to marriage. Finally, some participants stated that marriage became an unreachable task.