Understanding The Causes and Effects of Khula and Divorce Among Young Couples in District South Karachi
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https://doi.org/10.70670/sra.v4i2.2235Abstract
Our study revolves around the causes and effect of Khula and Divorce amount your couples. We have focused the social, economic and Physiological effect by collecting response from 50 individual via online survey which was initially prepared and uploaded on Google Forms, we also have analyzed the date and conducted the Coronbach Alph (0.84) in order to ensure the reliability. We have also gathered the records of from the year 2019 to 2023, where our top priority is to extract the trends in the marital dissolutions. Our finding reveals several factors including financial instability, Changing Gender role, domestic abuse and substance abuse. Social Support, economic disparity and evolving societal expectation were also under review, these all highlight the need of targeted intervention to address the issue.
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