A Pattern of Delayed Marriage among Young People, Reasons and Consequences: A Study of Baggamarh Village in District Jammu Sharma Swati1 1Lecturer, RS Pura, Jammu, India, Email id: swatish.0.09@gmail.com Online Published on 19 December, 2023. Abstract The present paper is about the positive and negative impacts of late marriage.The present study was conducted among unmarried population of village BaggaMarhin district Jammu. Late marriage is a factor that has both advantages and disadvantages. Some people prefer to get married at late age while some do not get opportunity to marry at suitable age due to various factors. Both of such categories face consequences of late marriage. Nowadays, both men and women prefer late marriage because they want economic empowerment in their life. Career targets make people delay their marriages even if they have a partner in their life. When they delay their marriage age, they may face advantages such as, time for personal growth, education and Career opportunities, good mental health, freedom and disadvantages such as, risk of infertility, disagreement between spouses, rejection from partner etc. Based on these variables this paper aims to comprehend and explain why people delay their marriages and various impacts of late marriage among people in BaggaMarh Village in district Jammu. Other indicators of impact of late marriage like age, birth rate etc. have also taken into account. Top Keywords Late Marriage, Birth Rate, Education, Career Opportunities. Top |