The perception of UiTM Sarawak students regarding the suitable age for marriage / Liana Puspasri Fadil ... [et al.]

Issue of marriage is import as it is a main concerned of people now days. As people now a days to busy with their own responsibility towards their jobs. They tend to have no time for looking for their partners and lead to late marriage especially among people who workaholic. Both boys and girls who are too focus with their work, until there is level they neglect their own need until one stage, they are not getting married. This issue become main concerned for our study. We do some research, collect relevant information and we analyze until we come out with the result. The main objectives of our research are to determine the factors that may influence the students to get married whether at the early age, middle age or later. To identify the suitable age in getting marriage and to suggest on the early preparation for any couple to decide when they should get
married. In order to understand these, we have distribute about hundred and twenty questionnaire to students of Faculty Administrative Science and Policies Study (FSPPP) from the beginning of Part 4 until Part 6 which include student of Diploma in Public Administration in UITM Sarawak. From the finding then we found out that the main factor is to determine the factors that may influence the students to get married whether at the early age, middle age or later is love as according to the result there is 50.8% chose love. The second factor is attitude. Second objective is to identify the suitable age in getting marriage and to suggest on the early preparation for any couple to decide when they should get married, the result that can be obtained from the table where the perception ofthe part 4, 5, and 6 students of Diploma in Public Administration towards the age ofmarriage is between the age on 27- 31 years old. This group of age is considered as the later age. Among the factor that influence the age of marriage are, pregnancy and birth, career and financial security, custom, sexual issue, individual choice and lastly law. so, the finding that we report can be used as a guideline for university students in decide their marriage..