The Individual and Familial Characteristics of Girls Who Have Underage Marriage, Their Reasons for Dropping out, and Marital Problems

Participants are 40 girls who married underage and 30 girls who have no such history between the ages 14-18. In the study, it was determined that parents of adolescents who married underage mostly have low educational achievement, mothers married young and gave birth young, most of the mothers do not work, families receive state benefits more, and the number of siblings is higher. Moreover, it was determined that almost all of the adolescents dropped out of school, half of them did not complete primary school education, their reasons for dropping out mostly result from low academic achievement, underage marriage, and familial problems.  Additionally, it was determined that lives of some of the adolescents took a negative turn, they experienced problems in their family relations, they did not receive support from their parents, and that they experienced mental health problems. Results were discussed under the light of literature, and suggestions were made.