MARRIED VS UNMARRIED LIFE, LEAD BY TERTIARY LEVEL STUDENTS: AN OPINION BASED SURVEY TO INTERPRET DIFFERENT ASPECTS AMONG THE UNIVERSITY GOING STUDENTS IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

This study aims to know the perception and experience on marriage from the students who are married in tertiary education stage along with gaining statistical data of different aspects from the students who aren't married yet in student phase. To conduct this study, quantitative method is used and survey-based questionnaire was administered to the 60 university studying respondents by using convenient sampling method. Among the respondents, 50% are leading conjugal life in student phase and rest of the 50% aren't married yet at this stage. By scrutinizing of different aspects meticulously, it found from the married students that 70% of this category would like to suggest others to get married at this stage. On the other hand, 76.6% of unmarried students opine that they  are likely to start conjugal life at this stage if family provides them support. On the basis of the stats, the underlying factors and students’ opinion on different dimensions are analyzed to delve the study. Developing career through joint effort, loneliness issue, family support in student phase of conjugal life, reliability on relationship, percentage of the tendency to start conjugal life in tertiary stage, study hampering issues, relationship insecurity, preferable way to fulfill their needs, contradiction between academic and conjugal life, post marriage experience, supportive role of partners, impact of academic result and financial condition, tendency to experience motherhood at  this circumstance and other different aspects of life among the married and bachelor students are taken into consideration for proper screening along with comparative analysis in the context of  Bangladesh.