Typology of unmarried Ilamian girls According to reasons of Singleness

Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of unmarried girls in a community with traditional backgrounds, such as the Ilam community. The main question of the research is that the reasons for not marrying girls in a society with a traditional context such as Ilam. In this research, qualitative method and typology technique have been used. In fact, the power of typological explanation depends on how much it can maximize the consistency and similarity of the members of each category as well as the maximum difference between categories and types. In the current study, snowball sampling was used. The sample size of this research is based on the theoretical principle of saturation in the qualitative method of 16 people. All stages of the process of data analysis are performed using the coding technique. In this research, the concepts of thinkers such as Giddens, Inglehart, Bourdieu and Goffman have been used.. The results show that among the unmarried girls of the Ilam community, eight types can be drawn: “Confused single girls”, “Deadlocked girls”, “Exchangeable single girls”, “Postponement of marriage until the goals are achieved”, “Single Girls of Independence”, “Stigmata”, “Girls caught in a closed window of attitude” And “Perfect Unmarried Girls”. In general, the decisive role of cultural change and the economic context of the society studied can be seen in meeting the requirements for the phenomenon of increasing the age of marriage of girls in the Elamite community.