Saudi youths prefer late marriages because they are looking for certain characteristics in a future wife such as beauty, height and other details. They could be evading responsibility and avoiding the high cost of marriage, according to a recent study by the Ministry of Planning.
This has led to increasing number of women who are past the age of marrying in Saudi society.
The study revealed the number of Saudi women past the Saudi ideal age of marriage is 1.5 million girls in 10 cities.
The holy capital, Makkah, is in the lead with 396,000 women still unmarried, which has led to the rising marriage age for both sexes. Young women started to look for a husband by using traditional marriage services.
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Doweish, secretary general of the Roya Center for Social Studies in the Al Rass Governorate in Al-Qasim Province, called for the setting up of a specialized scientific and legislative diploma in Saudi universities and institutes for those would like to work as marriage mediators.
This profession should have a code of honor, and should be officially recognized. Marriage mediators should be supervised by the government, just like any other profession, their employees should have official permissions to facilitate the drawing of the marriage contract instead of waiting for legislative courts, he added
Divorce cases in Saudi society are on the increase, for they reached 15,000 cases a year, with an average of 40 divorces per day.
Study: Saudi youths prefer late marriages
