أنماط الزواج السائدة في ولاية الدقم : دراسة ميدانية

Abstract EN

Objective : the aim of this study is to investigate the attitudes and values of people in duqum about different marriage patterns.

the study employed methodology of a comprehensive survey of all heads of households in the State of Duqum.

the state of Duqum were divided into the (23) villages.

a descriptive approach was employed and a questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data.

results showed that family arranged marriage is common in A-Duqum as well as non arranged marriage, which allows individual to choose their wives/ husbands.

It was also found that local community in Duqum prefers middle ages for male marriage, while it prefers young ages for female marriage.