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There would be no problem In gettlng a boy mamed ~f he had a job About 55 6%
cons~dered hawng a job was very essent~al for a boy to get mamed, whlle some
(32 5%) felt that In add~tion, good character and conduct were also essent~al Only
3 8% thought that money was very essent~al for a boy's mamage Some (20 6%) felt
that even ~f a boy had a job, hls rnamage m~ght get delayed, ~f he had a slster of
marnageable age It IS the custom In the local area to get the daughter mamed flrst ~f
both daughter and son are In the marr~ageable age In the same famlly
The following are some of the statemenb made in this regard -
I. "If the boy has a job, there will be no delay at all in getting him married" (A 35
year old man in a group dtscuss~on)
2. "A boy can get married if he is capable of earning well. If he remains idle and
does not earn who will many him?" ( A 32 year old woman In an In depth
~nte~ew)
3. "If a boy does not have a job he h~mself might not want to get married till he
got a job" (A 35 year old man In an In depth ~nte~ew)
4. "If a boy is unhealthy or he does not have a job he will not get married.
Sometimes he may have younger sisters who are to be married (A 35 year old
woman In an In-depth ~nte~lew)
5. "Why should the boys marriage get delayed? He gets whatever he wants from
the girls house" (A 40 year old man In a group dlscusslon)
111) Other epidemiological methods
In the study v~llage, there was not a single boy below 21 years of age who was marr~ed
7.4.8 Cost analysis
Out of 100 famll~es randomly selected for the cohort study, one famlly rnlgrated Out of
the village Therefore data on Issues perta~nlng to the economlc aspects of the Study