Author(s): Huda A Alhajjaj, Amneh A Ghraibeh and Khalil Ibrahim Al-halalat
The study aimed to reveal economic and social perceptions of the late age of marriage among young people in Jordanian society and to detect social effects according to variables (sex, age, geographical origin). The sample of the study consisted of (385) individuals, and was applied questionnaire prepared specifically as a tool for collecting the data. The results of the study showed that the economic reasons from the point of view of the individuals of the sample came to a high degree, and the results showed that the social causes of the sample came to an average degree, as well as the social implications of delayed age of marriage, the differences due to the group of males in Jordan due to gender (0.019) which was lower than (α≤0.05). The economic reasons for the late age of marriage among Jordanian youth in Amman were not statistically indicative at the level of significance (0.05) according to the gender variable, as the results showed no statistically significant differences in the social causes of the late age of marriage among Jordanian youth in Amman due to age. Also, there were statistical differences in the social reasons for the late age of marriage among Jordanian youth. In Amman, the level of significance (0.000) is lower than (α≤0.05) and the source of the differences is attributed to the rural population