استخدام تقنية الانحدار اللوجستي لتحديد اهم العوامل الموثرة في تاخر سن الزواج في المملكة العربية السعودية

Using Logistic Regression Model to Determine the Factors that Affect Delaying Marriage Age in KSA

The present study attempts to investigate the factors that affect the delayed age of marriage, which is considered a social phenomenon rampant in Arab societies. The researcher uses a binary logistic regression model to identify the most important factors that lead to the spread of this phenomenon from the perspective of Umluj community in Saudi Arabia. To determine the variables that affect the phenomenon, information has been gathered from male and female married and unmarried people who are employees of the University College in Umluj (students and staff). The questionnaire consists of a collection of items that may affect the delayed age of marriage in the Arab societies . The questionnaire was distributed to a sample (intentional) composed of 100 males and 100 females. The number of questionnaires received was157 (82 males and 75 females). The researcher conducted an initial descriptive study to come out with initial indicators about the phenomenon. Then the binary logistic regression model was applied using two ways Enter and Stepwise procedures, to determine the most important factors that affect the delayed age of marriage. The study found that the most important factors that affect the delayed age of marriage were: parental loss or one of them (the boy or the girl) take the responsibility of rearing brothers, ambitious excess in partner specifications, estimating an individual family, the composition, friendship and mixing between the sexes across social media, and boast and brag about the requirements of marriage.