Attitudes of South African Indians towards interreligious and arranged marriages: A preliminary study

Schoombee, G.F.; Mantzaris, Evangelos

doi:10.1080/02580144.1985.10519991

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“…Schoombee and Mantzaris (1984), have shown the westernization patterns prevailing amongst highly educated and upwardly mobile young Indians regarding their attitudes towards extended and nuclear family systems in South Africa. The same attitudes were noted in another article by the same authors (Schoombee & Mantzaris, 1985), regarding the changing, more 'westernized' attitudes towards interreligious and 'arranged marriages'.…”

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“…Schoombee and Mantzaris have also shown that attitudes of younger, better educated and economically independent persons towards interreligious and 'arranged marriages' have become more similar to that of westerners in comparison to those of older, less educated and economically deprived Indian persons (Schoombee & Mantzaris, 1985).…”

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“…It appears that this may have been the case with the Indian community. For example, it was noted previously by Schoombee and Mantzaris (1985) that the attitudes of younger and better educated Indians towards the acceptability, or not, of so-called arranged and also interreligious marriages, differ from those of the less educated and older members. The attitudes of younger 18 members tend to be similar to those of the white 'western' community in this regard.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…It should be noted that the data on which this article is based was obtained from only a part of the pilot study questionnaire of 54 questions. The characteristics of the sample have been described in detail elsewhere (Schoombee & Mantzaris, 1985).…”

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Attitudes of South African Indians towards westernization and its effects on their family life: A pilot study

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1986

South African Journal of Sociology

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The attitudes of a randomly selected number of South African Indians towards westernization and its effects on their family lives are examined. Two working hypotheses were formulated. First, that older, less educated, economically deprived Indian persons see westernization as a negative influence on Indian family life in South Africa, in contrast to younger, better educated, economically independent, and upwardly mobile persons. Second, that South African Indian Muslims regard westernization as a negative influence in their everyday and family life to a larger extent than Hindu and Christian Indian persons. Age, education, religion, occupation, and annual income were variables brought into relation with the hypotheses. In general, the evidence tended to support the working hypotheses. The tentativeness of the conclusions is stressed due to the preliminary nature of the study. Afr. J. Social. 1986, 17(1): 17-21Die houdings van 'n ewekansiggeselekteerde aantal SuidAfrikaanse lndiers teenoor verwestersing en die uitwerking daarvan op hul gesinslewe word ondersoek. Twee werkshipoteses is geformuleer. Eerstens, dat ouer, mindergeskoolde, ekonomies onderbevoorregte lndierpersone meer geneig is om verwestersing te beskou as 'n negatiewe invloed op hul gesinslewe, as jonger, hoergeskoolde, en ekonomies onafhanklike lndierpersone. Tweedens, dat SuidAfrikaanse lndier Moslems meer geneig is om verwestersing te beskou as 'n negatiewe invloed op hul alledaagse en gesinslewe as Hindoes en Christene. Ouderdom, opvoedingsvlak, godsdiens, beroep, en jaarlikse inkomste is veranderlikes wat in verband gebring is met die hipoteses. In die algemeen het die getuienis geneig om die werkshipoteses te steun. Daar word beklemtoon dat die gevolgtrekkings tentatief is omdat hierdie 'n voorlopige studie was.

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