Sunil Gawande and Parveena Lateef
Central University of Kashmir, Tulmulla Campus, Ganderbal
Pages:32-40
This study focuses on college students’ perspectives about marriage at higher education
institutions in Kashmir Valley. Marriage is postponed until individuals complete their
education, find work, and become financially self-sufficient; emerging adulthood marks
a new developmental milestone. Marriage requires living together, having sexual relations
with one another, sharing financial resources, and being recognized as parents of their
children. The current investigation was conducted using a survey method. A stratified
random sampling procedure was adopted, with 100 samples drawn from 57 males and
43 females from the two universities of UT of Jammu and Kashmir. Researchers used
the Marriage Attitude Scale (MAS) by Pramod Kumar to measure a youth’s attitude
toward marriage. This study found that attitudes toward marriage were independent of
the locale, and disciplines offered to students. Furthermore, Marriage Attitudes were
higher in the joint family than in the nuclear family of the students. t