Nature and Trends of Life Partner Selection

The prime focus of this study was to assess the nature of life partner selection. To explore the nature and trends of life partner selection, survey method was used and its sample size was 118 where simple random sampling was taken to assess the result of the study. Both male and female respondents emphasized on character of their life partner. About 48.6 percent of the male respondents wanted to marry a 2-5 years younger female beside 50.0 percent of the female respondents wanted to marry a 2-5 years older male. More than 82 percent respondents were prone to select their life partner from own community. According to study more than 72 percent respondents wanted to chose a familiar person as their life partner due to understanding among them. About half of the respondent wanted to participate on the life partner selection at the age 22-28 years old.

The author is Monitoring and Documentation Officer of SPACE, one of the leading NGOs in Bangladesh. The present study is a modified thesis for publication along with co-authors. The author is highly interested in the field of social research.