“Don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in Malaysia view marriage
The aim of this study is to explore how single women in Malaysia who have never been married view marriage and related issues. Two-hundred single women between the ages of 24 to 66 were interviewed in this study. Participants reported their view on gender and marriage (42-items), social expectati...
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| author | Azmawati, Azman Azwan Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah Endut, Noraida |
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| description | The aim of this study is to explore how single women in Malaysia who have never been married view
marriage and related issues. Two-hundred single women between the ages of 24 to 66 were
interviewed in this study. Participants reported their view on gender and marriage (42-items), social
expectations related to their marital status (12-item) and their marital plan. Participants reported
moderately traditional view about gender and marriage experienced some level of expectations to get
married and although they generally felt positive with their current status of being single, they were still
open to the idea of marriage. Ideal characteristics of a partner include kindness, sincerity, responsibility
and maturity. Findings indicated realistic but open expectations related to marriage. |
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| spelling | usm-378972017-12-15T01:53:32Z http://eprints.usm.my/37897/ “Don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in Malaysia view marriage Azmawati, Azman Azwan Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah Endut, Noraida HQ The family. Marriage. Woman The aim of this study is to explore how single women in Malaysia who have never been married view marriage and related issues. Two-hundred single women between the ages of 24 to 66 were interviewed in this study. Participants reported their view on gender and marriage (42-items), social expectations related to their marital status (12-item) and their marital plan. Participants reported moderately traditional view about gender and marriage experienced some level of expectations to get married and although they generally felt positive with their current status of being single, they were still open to the idea of marriage. Ideal characteristics of a partner include kindness, sincerity, responsibility and maturity. Findings indicated realistic but open expectations related to marriage. EDP Sciences 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/37897/1/%E2%80%9CDON%E2%80%99T_MARRY%2C_BE_HAPPY%21%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%93_HOW_SINGLE_WOMEN_IN_MALAYSIA_VIEW_MARRIAGE.pdf Azmawati, Azman Azwan and Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah and Endut, Noraida (2015) “Don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in Malaysia view marriage. SHS Web of Conferences, 18 (03001). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2261-2424 https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20151803001 |
| spellingShingle | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Azmawati, Azman Azwan Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah Endut, Noraida “Don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in Malaysia view marriage |
| title | “Don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in Malaysia view marriage |
| title_full | “Don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in Malaysia view marriage |
| title_fullStr | “Don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in Malaysia view marriage |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in Malaysia view marriage |
| title_short | “Don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in Malaysia view marriage |
| title_sort | “don’t marry, be happy!” – how single women in malaysia view marriage |
| topic | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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