THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG EARLY MARRIAGE, SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH IN WOMEN WITH MULTIPLE ROLES

In this study, women with multiple roles (mother, wife, labor etc.) compared -under two categorizations “early married” and “married at 25 and older”- according to their socio-demographic characteristics and psychological health. In this regard this study was conducted on 375 women who have multiple roles at Turkey. 180 of total sample married at ages 19 and under; and 195 of the sample married at ages 25 and older. The legal age of marriage is 18 years old at Turkey. In this study we try to synchronize the age of marriage with education levels. By means of the criteria of “19 years and under” we try to take into consideration of the possibility to marriage just after the high school graduation. Similarly, by means of the age level 25 we again try to take into consideration of the possibility to marriage just after the bachelor’s degree. Women in both groups had compared in terms of education level, income, professions, psychological health and education level of their husband. According to findings it is possible to make statistically significant comparisons between groups. In this sense early-married women with multiple roles mostly are graduated from high school and under levels (the percentage of associate degree and above is %2.2); mostly employed as unqualified workers; generates low level of income. On the under hand women with multiple roles who married at 25 years and older have higher level of education, different professions, generates higher level of income than early married women. In terms of psychological health it is not possible to make statistically significant comparisons