Studying the Phenomenon of Delay in the Age of Marriage among the Youth in Ilam province

Delay in marriage age is one of the phenomena occurring after modernity. Many young people are facing a delay in marriage due to various reasons. The main goal of the current research is to discover the meaning and reasons of increase in the age and delay in marriage among the youth of Ilam province. In the methodological part, qualitative methodology and theoretical strategy have been applied. 24 young people have been selected purposefully. In the initial coding, 115 initial concepts were obtained, which were removed by screening the codes that were duplicated, finally, 80 codes and initial concepts were obtained, and further classified into 22 categories. Results show that economic status, pursuit of idealism, continuing education, reluctance to marriage, selection criteria and personal injuries (causal conditions), customs, being a family helper, way of communicating with others, lack of preparation and lack of trust in others (intervening conditions), living environment, lack of marriage institution, family structure and fear of others' experience (background conditions), fun activities, pleasure taken away from life and communicating with the opposite sex (paths), inappropriate mental and psychological characteristics, being unplanned, not delaying the age of marriage (consequences). The involuntary delay in marriage age is the core of the present study.