According to a survey, over half of Nairobi’s women are amenable to considering polygamous marriage.
According to a survey by Mwelekeo Insights titled Attitudes about marriage among women aged 30 and below who reside in Nairobi, 51% of respondents are open to getting married in multiple marriages.
They stated that if it would improve their financial situation, they would be open to entering into polygamous marriages.
According to the survey, only 29% of participants thought marriage was a necessary life goal, 53% said it was not, and 18% were not sure.
According to the survey, only 29% of participants thought marriage was a necessary life goal, 53% said it was not, and 18% were not sure.
Career aspirations account for 31% of the top reasons for deprioritizing marriages, followed by financial independence (52%), and personal freedom (17%).
The study found that women with higher levels of education and employment were more likely to deprioritize marriage (67%) than women with lower levels of education (33%).
Social expectations continued to have a significant impact, especially on those who came from conservative homes.
Half of the participants said they felt some pressure from society to get married, while half said that traditional expectations were becoming less important.
Thirty percent of Nairobi women who were thinking about getting married favored being between the ages of twenty-eight and thirty, while forty-five percent felt at ease getting married after the age of thirty.
According to the report, 80% of Nairobi women placed a higher priority on job advancement and financial security than marriage, suggesting a change in personal goals.
The study found that 56% of Nairobi women admitted that their opinions on marriage had changed, with 31% expressing a more negative perspective and 13% a more positive one.
According to the report, 59% of Nairobi women said marriage was not required for a happy existence, with many pointing to personal accomplishments and satisfying aspects.
Compared to rural women, who were more likely to prioritize marriage at 38%, urban women were more likely to do so at 62%.
Nairobi was the geographic focus of the survey, which had a sample size of 2,687 people. A combination of online and in-person interviews were used to gather data.
Women from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds who lived in the city and were between the ages of 18 and 30 were interviewed.
The 95 percent confidence level had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.
