Marital Age

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This paper discusses how the subject of the ideal marital age is a controversial but important topic. It looks at how marrying at too young an age can create a wide range of problems including a high incidence of divorce, rising single-parent families, substance abuse, and domestic violence. On the other hand, it also demonstrates how couples who delay matrimony beyond their thirties or forties also encounter a different set of problems.

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"There are very disparate views on the "right" age to get married. Many people feel that age is essentially irrelevant and that compatibility and love are the most important aspects to be considered. On the other hand, there are those who insist that age is an essential factor and that young marriages often end in divorce as the bride and groom are sometimes not mature enough to cope with the expectations and responsibilities of marriage. Responsibility and maturity was a theme that occurred numerous times in the interviews conducted with married couples. The preponderance of opinion from experts such as doctors and psychologists seems to lean towards the view that marring at too young an age is be avoided. "

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