Age of marriage

The graph illustrates the decrease of women aged 15-19 who get married in six selected Arab countries get between around 1970 until 2004. The table describes the age of first marriage for men and women in fourteen Islamic countries.

First of all the number of women aged 15-19 who are married in the UAE has fallen sharply from 57% in 1975 to 8% in 1995 which means it was the most significant aspect in the bar chart. In addition, there was a remarkable decline in Libya, Kuwait, Egypt, Tunisia and Palestine, but it was ales impressive plunge.

The table of age of first marriage demonstrated the men’s marriage were in the mid and late 20s.On the other hand the women’s marriage was in the early to mid 20s.

UAE saw the most dramatic fall in the number of teenage brides. In addition the women is age of marriage in the other countries dropped considerably which means more women these days are facing difficulties in marriage.

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