Yenagi, Ganga V.Netravati Dali F.2022-01-272022-01-272017-07https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810181239Marriage readiness during late adolescence in rural and urban areas was assessed in Dharwad and Mudhol taluks of Karnataka state during 2016-2017 on a sample of 360 college students from urban and rural areas during late adolescence (18 to 21 years). A sample of 180 students was taken from UAS Dharwad - B.Sc. (Agriculture), B.Sc. (Agriculture Marketing) and B.Sc. (Home Science) and 180 students of B.Sc., B.A. and B.Com. were selected from Mudhol colleges. General information was collected from late adolescence on factors such as age, gender, ordinal position, religion, caste, type of family, size of the family, education, marital status of siblings, sources of information regarding marriage, education and occupation of parents’ and socio-economic status. Marriage readiness was assessed using personal readiness for marriage scale by Holman. Socio-economic status scale of Aggarwal was used. More than fifty per cent of B.Sc. (Agriculture Marketing) and 50 per cent of B.Com. adolescents exhibited moderate level of marriage readiness. There was a significant difference between adolescents of different degree programmes on marriage readiness. Fifty one per cent of rural and 45 per cent of urban adolescents possessed moderate level of marriage readiness. There was a significant difference in rural and urban areas on marriage readiness. Adolescents of 20-21 year age group had higher level of marriage readiness than 18-19 years. Females had higher level of marriage readiness as compared to males. First borns exhibited higher level of marriage readiness than second and later borns. Information given by relatives had significantly contributed towards marriage readiness. Parents’ education and occupation had significant association with marriage readiness. Socio- economic status had significant association with marriage readiness. Adolescents belonging to upper middle class possessed higher level of marriage readiness than lower middle class and high class. Hence, intervention is important to enhance marriage readiness of adolescents.EnglishThesis