Abstract
The research study aims at findings the association of divorce with cultural non adjustment of female. The study universe comprised of Darul Aman Malakand division (abode) where most of divorced women from surrounding areas were residing. A total of 210 respondents (divorced women) was taken randomly selected for in-depth interview. Chi square test was used to test the association among variables. Moreover, reliability analysis was also carried out and overall reliability coefficient was explored between 0.6 and 0.8 respectively. Further, disputes over dowry, ugliness of women, patrilocal residence and social stigma to either gender were the causes of divorcelitigation between couple, pushing women for living in patrilocal residence. The study further explored that love marriage had no acceptance in cultural dynamics of the study while controlling marriage type. Illiteracy had high level of effects leading to divorce, but culturally the literate had the acknowledgement of the effects of divorce on women folk in the study area. Provision of literacy with special package to both genders admonishing early age marriage were some of the recommendations in light of the present study.
Ahmad Ali, Mussawar Shah, Professor and Chairman,, Bushra Shafi, Abbasullah Jan,. (2016) Divorce as an Outcome of Cultural Non Adjustment in Traditional Society of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , The Dialogue, Volume 11, Issue 2.
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