Objective: Our aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of marriage, pregnancyand child bearing on the academic performance of the female medical students in Saudi Arabia.Study design: A cross sectional survey study. Methods: A batch of 53 female medical studentson the fifth class at college of medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia in May 2013answered a questionnaire about the effect of marriage on medical study. Results: Thirty-ninepercent of married female medical students got a worse grade than before marriage, while30.5% got better grade (39%), and the remaining percent got the same grade. Conclusion:Marriage in itself doesn’t affect the academic performance but it is largely dependent on theindividuals involved Marriage supports them emotionally and socially.
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