The Impact of Payment of Bride Price On Traditional Marriage: A Case Study of Iganga District

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .1

APPROVAL

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION i

1.1 Background ofthe study 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 3

1.3. Objectives of the study 3

1.3.1 General objective 3

1.3.2 The Specific objectives of study are 4

1.4 Research Questions 4

1.5 Scope of the study

1.5.1 Geographical scope 4

1.5.2 Content scope 4

1.5.3 Time scope

1.6 Significance ofthe study 4

1.7 Conceptual Framework 5

CHAPTER TWO 7

LITERATURE REVIEW 7

2.0 INTRODUCTION 7

2.1 The impact of payment ofBride Price to the process of traditional marriage 7

2.2 The impact ofPayment ofBride Price to existing Marriages 7

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2.2.1 Bride Price and interaction of spouces .7

2.2.2 Bride Price and Abuse of Women Rights 8

2.2.3 Bride Price and Domestic Violence :.. 9

2.3 The role of parents in the decission making of payment of bride price 10

CHAPTER THREE 12

METHODOLOGy 12

3.0 INTRODUCTION 12

3.1 Research Design 12

3.2 Population of Study 12

3.3 Study Area 12

3.4 Sampling Strategy 13

3.5 Sample Selection 13

3.6 Sources of data 13

3.7 Data Collection Instruments 13

3.8 Data collection methods 13

3.8.1 Questionnaires 14

3.8.2 Interview 14

3.8.3 Data Analysis 14

3.8.4 Data Interpretation Techniques 14

3.9 Ethical Considerations 14

CHAPTER FOUR 16

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS 16

4.0 INTRODUCTION 16

4.1 Social demographic characteristics 16

4.1.1 Age of the respondents 16

4.1.2 Gender ofthe respondents 17

4.1.3 Marital status of the respondents 17

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4.1.5 Awareness ofBride Price .19

4.1.6 Necessity to pay Bride Price 20

4.1.7: How Bride price ahould be paid 21

4.1.8 Impacts of payment ofBride Price 22

4.1.9 Avoidance ofNegative Impacts ofBride Price 25

4.1.10 The effect of payment ofBride price on settled marriages 26

4.1.11 Whether Parents play a role in decission making 27

4.1.12. Roles played by parents in the Decission making process 27

4.1.13 whether Parent’s decissions impact on payment ofbride price 28

4.1.14 Poisitive impacts ofParent’s decissions 29

4.1.15 Recommendations 32

4.2 Discussion of the findings 33

CHAPTER FIVE 36

SUMMARY OF STUDY FINDINGS, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

OF THE STUDY 36

5.0 INTRODUCTION .36

5.1 Summary 36

5.2 Conclusion 37

5.3 Recommendations 37

5.4 Areas for further study 39

Refernces 40

APPENDICES 42

APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE 42