TITTLE ............................................................................ .

DECLARATION .................................................................... .

DEDICATION .................................................................... .

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................... .

CHAPTER ONE

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1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 The concept of marriage .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.3 Marriage review . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1. 5 Justification of the study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1. 6 Scope of study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1. 7 Objectives of the study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.8 Study area . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.9 Variables . . . ... . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . .. . .. . . . ... . .. . . . . .. ... . .. .. . ... . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . 5

1.10 Definition of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1. 11 Organisation of the report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

CHAPTER TWO. LITERATURE REVIEW 7

2.1 introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... . . . .. . .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... .. . ... ... 7

2.2 Types of marriage . .. .. . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . 7

2.3 Ways through which marriage is entered into........................... 7

2.4 Review of previous studies . . . .. . . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . . .. .. . . . . .. . 8

CHAPTER THREE. METHODOLOGY 14

3 .1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3 .2 The study population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.3 How the respondents were selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.4 How the data were collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.5 How data were analyzed .. . ... . . . ... . . . ... . .. . . . . .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15

CHAPTER FOUR. FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATIONS 17

4.1 Introduction . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. . .. .. . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. .. . . .. . .. .. . 17

4.2 The Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents 17

4.3 Factors leading to marriage break up ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23

4.4 Factors leading to marriage break up according to

male respondents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.5 Other factors observed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... ... ... . 28

CHAPTER FIVE. SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS

& RECOMMENDATION 30

5.1 Introduction ... ... .. . . .. ... ... ... . .. . .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... .. . ... ... .. 30

5.2 Summary .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . .. .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . .. 30

5.3 Shortcomings of the study ............ ... ...... ... ......... ... .... 31

5.4 Suggestions for further research ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 31

5.5 Conclusions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 31

5.6 Recommendations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 31

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A:

APPENDIX B:

APPENDIX C:

APPENDIX D:

APPENDIX E:

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Map of Mukono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

questionnaire for respondents .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . 37

Interview guides for informants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 38

Letter of recommendation.

statistics of court on marriage breakup