LATE MARRIAGES AND INFERTILITY: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ON HEALTH

Pakistan one of the South Asian countries where the trend of late marriages is on an increase affects the fertility rate visibly. Late marriage and infertility has an imperative relationship which going to be one of the most dominant phenomena in our current societal settings. The aim of the study is to explore the causes of late marriages and its effects on fertility. The study was conducted in the vicinity of Rawalpindi. The sample size was70 respondents selected by using convenient sampling technique. The data was collected by questionnaire tool. The study revealed that education of women, caste system, phobia of idealistic life and economic empowerment are the major causes of late marriages. The study also showed that 65.7% respondents agreed with the fact that late marriages do affect the fertility, due to which complications arise in conceiving a baby or miscarriages and sometimes leads to infertility in spouses. The males and females both are responsible for infertility in this regard.