Factors for Marriage Assignment PDF

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FACTORS OF MARRIAGE
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Many of the developed countries are undergoing radical change in the family roles. This
is mainly because industrialisation, declining fertility rates as well as the increased numbers of
women in the workplace has been seen to coincide with that of the sizeable increases in the
divorce as well as cohabitation and even a moderate decline in marriage rates (Mazacco et al.,
2017). Researchers are of the opinion that demographic shifts in the socioeconomic status,
education levels, social as well as religious attitudes and also increase in the cohabitation status
have all lead to the alterations as well as changes in the number as well as quality of the
marriages. Changing roles of gender has also contributed to the situation. Marriage is seen to be
moving away from the breadwinner or the homemaker image and is more going towards the
equal division of labours (Perry, 2015). Therefore, along with so many shifts occurring in the
domains of marriages and social status, the main driving factors that lead to decisions of
marriages have also found to be significant. Therefore, this assignment will mainly show the
different ways that affect the decision making of individuals to get married or to stay single in
the nation of Singapore.
The environment where the children grow up has a huge impact on the decision making
of individuals regarding their marriage wishes. Unlike the western culture of families and living
styles, the nation of Singapore followers the eastern style of family bonding where children stay
with their parents for a considerable larger period (Quah, 2016). Their culture is based on
Confucian culture, which is quite strict, orthodox, and believers of traditions (Aoki & Tay.
2015). This is seen that children who are seen to grow up in the households of Singapore, where
the parents are married are mainly seen to view marriage more positively in comparison to those
whose parents are divorced (Clark et al., 2018). On the others hands, researchers say that
individuals who grew up with divorced, separated as well as non-married cohabitating partners in

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the nation of Singapore are seen to have negative view about marriage or do not feel the need to
get married as they have remained satisfied with this procedure (Straughan, 2015). Individuals
who are seen to divorce are mainly seen to prefer to cohabitate or remain single in their life
mainly due to the fear of not being able to handle the marriage or not being feeling compatible to
take the pressure again. However, individuals who are seen to grow up in households where
parents are married, they tend to develop positive feeling and therefore have positive
expectations and align themselves in ways to suit with their partners (Bronson , 2014). The
admixture of the western as well as the eastern culture of family planning or styles of family
development might have resulted in affecting the trend.
Another factor that influences the decision of marriage is the condition of the individuals’
mental state with the growth of the culture of the present generation being mainly individualistic.
In the nation of Singapore, it has been seen that substance abuse are manly seen to increase an
individual’s probability of getting married and that too early in life. This might be contributed to
two aspects of personality as well as self-control (Turner, 2015). People with such mental health
condition of substance abuse disorder are seen to be more likely to be impulsive and thereby fail
to consider long-term consequences (Gicheva, 2016). A far empirical relationship is found to be
based between self-control as well as different criminal behaviours and various delinquencies in
the nation of Singapore. They are seen to not consider any long-term consequences of their
decisions and are more seen to get into early marriages that last shortly in comparison to non
users. Many researchers are of the opinion that impaired judgements, mainly leads to taking such
decision in individuals with such personality trait. Often risky sexual behaviour often led to
unplanned pregnancy that in turn result in union formation and marriage in Singapore
(Greenwood et al., 2016). Again, on the other hand, depression is another factor that causes

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individuals to avoid the context of marriage. They are mainly seen to have poor quality life either
due to loss of job, rejection by previous partner and others than in turn result in the negative
interpersonal relationship. Depressive individuals are also seen to fail miserably in
communicating with others and avoid such situations. They have ales social network are very
hard to get along with people. They feel that they are socially stigmatised and hence they try to
avoid any social ceremonies and social functions in the life. Therefore they td to about marriage
as it is also a social phenomena. Therefore, the mental condition of the patient also influences the
decision of the individuals in getting married (Hakim, 2016).
Unemployment and work related problems are yet another factor that also affects the
decision making of individuals living in the societies of Singapore. Researchers over the years
had conducted studies where they have attached the importance of to unemployment as well as
other work related issues as the factors that contribute to decisions taken on the context of
marriage. Individuals of the present generations are quite concerned about their life and therefore
they plan a lot about the financial stability before getting married (Leftwich et al., 2015). There
were old days where married couples tried to adjust within the amount of salary that the earning
members used to get. However, the modern generation in the nation of Singapore, follows a
different tends where they measure their financial strength and then try to decide whether they
can afford a married life. They understand that pressures that are placed on family life from
unemployment are huge and therefore they have strong impact on the well-being of the
relationships. Unemployment or low salary not only results in the causing of the financial
hardship but is also seen to lower the self-esteem. It also creates isolation and is also seen to limit
the abilities of families to lead fulfilling lives in the community that in turn creates different
emotional turmoil (Lassil et al., 2018). Therefore, it is seen from this discussion that people often

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consider and plan their financial stability before deciding to get married. They tend to calculate
their earning with the ability to maintain a family who can enjoy their lives and live better
quality lives and fulfil wishes and have higher prospect of success. Therefore, financial security,
employment status as well as the ability to enjoy family life with proper economic condition are
confirmed to be yet another factor that modified the decision of an individual before he or she
hers married (Marshall & Epstein, 2016).
From the above discussion, it is seen that the trend of deciding factors of individuals to
get married has changed a lot than the trend that was fifty years back in singapore. Extensive
studies that have been conducted by the researchers over the years have put forward a number of
factors that had been considered by individuals in the present generation to get married or to live
single. One of the most important factors is that the individuals who live with happily married
parents in their growing years are seen to have a belief on the constitution of marriage and
consider positive outcomes of marriage to get married. Those individuals who are from broken
families in Singapore where the parents are divorced or lived in cohabitation do not provide the
same importance to marriage and has been seen to prefer cohabitation. Therefore, the factors of
the individuals in their immediate surroundings of their growing up act as one important factor.
Another important factor is the mental health condition of the individuals that make them take
the decisions of arrange. Substance abuse disorder patients are seen to take part in early
marriages where depressed individuals tend to delay marriages. Therefore, mental health
condition also influences the marriage decisions in the nation of Singapore. Employment status is
yet another factor that makes individuals think a number of times and undertake planning for
deciding whether they are ready for marriage or not. Only after they are financially stable to plan
a family, then only they decide to get married. Therefore, these are the factors that have the

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capability to alter the thinking procedures and hence the decisions taken of marriages in
Singapore.
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