الأرصدة الثقافيّة والاجتماعيّة ودورها في تأصيل زواج القاصرات في مجتمع الرّيف الأردنيّ: دراسة سوسيولوجية

Abdelbaset Abdullah ALazzam; Muner Abdullah kharadsheh

doi:10.35516/hum.v52i6.7868

Authors

Abdelbaset Abdullah ALazzam Department of Sociology and Social Service, Faculty of Arts, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-9934
Muner Abdullah kharadsheh Department of Sociology and Social Service, Faculty of Arts, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-0282

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v52i6.7868

Keywords:

Marriage of Minors, Cultural and Social Knowledge, Rural Society.

Abstract

Objectives: The study aims to understand the role of cultural and social capital in perpetuating child marriage in the rural Jordanian community.

Methods: The study used a social survey method with a sample, employing a questionnaire consisting of six areas: religious values, economic values, esteem values, utilitarian values, family ties, and social relationships. The sample comprised 1,024 participants who married at a young age. The analysis was guided by social exchange theory.

Results: The findings showed that participants' marriages were influenced, in descending order, by religious values (forming a good family), social relationships (ethical commitment and support), esteem values (family reputation and addressing spinsterhood fears), family ties (arranging marriages within the family and groom's status), economic values (financial benefits and living conditions), and utilitarian values (kinship ties). No significant differences (α<0.05) were found due to demographic, social, and economic variables, except for the parents' professions before marriage.

Conclusions: The study recommends increasing educational opportunities for rural girls, providing financial aid to poor families, and organizing educational workshops for rural girls in community centers to highlight the dangers of early marriage to the girl, the family, and society. Additionally, legal measures should be taken against those who violate laws and exploit the age of girls to marry them at a young age.

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