EARLY MARRIAGE FOR FEMALES IN AL-MUTHANNA GOVERNORATE THE CAUSES, AND EFFECTS, STUDY IN SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY

Abstract

The research aims to reveal the causes leading to early marriage for females in Al-Muthanna Governorate, as well as the effects resulting from it. The analytical geographical approach was relied on in studying many developments and variables that accompanied the analysis of the causes and effects of early marriage among females, in addition to paying attention to the quantitative statistical aspects in measuring the rate of marriage. The causes and effects. It was found from the research that there is a discrepancy in the causes of early marriage at the level of administrative units in Muthanna Governorate, where customs and social traditions came with the highest percentage (29.4%) among the reasons for early marriage due to the prevalence of the clan character, while the other reasons recorded the lowest percentage (10.1%). Among the early marriages in the governorate, the research also showed that there is a group of effects that females suffer as a result of early marriage, and the social effects topped the list with the highest percentage (40.3%), while the economic effects came with the lowest percentage (14.1%), in addition to the high rate of poverty and unemployment. In Al-Muthanna Governorate, the percentage of females married at an early age increases due to the lack of job opportunities there. The Salman district recorded the highest percentage (7.6%), while the AlRumaitha district recorded the lowest percentage (1.2%).