Report on re-consideration marriage in Kuwaiti community

Introduction :
Marriage Statistics is one of the important components of vital statistics and marriage phenomena is phenomenon worth studying.

Marriage as demonstrated in records and official documents is divided into three sections:
1-new Marriage
2-revocable- marriage
3-re-consideration marriage

- Type 1: is the normal type, which is the start of matrimonial life for the first time between two persons whom were not linked together before marriage.
- Type 2: is about the return of matrimonial life that had existed between the two and had ended in divorce.
- Type 3: The official record of the life of matrimonial already exists between the two, including the customary marriage.
The Type 2 and 3 represents approximately 10.7% of the total marriages cases in the period from 1995-2005 and as they were of a special nature and accompanied by certain unusual circumstances therefore it is needed to highlight on it by analysis and study.
In this report will highlight the reconsideration marriage ,a registration of a marriage between a couple in the same date it happened whatever is the duration in order for the wife to have her legitimate rights.

The study will focus on the evolution of cases numbers and also in terms of demographic variables as follows:
1- Evolution of the re-consideration cases during the period from 1995-2005.
2- Reconsideration marriage among other types of marriage.
3- Reconsideration marriage cases distributed as follows:
A-nationality of the husband and wife.
B- Educational status of the husband.
C-age groups of the husband.
D- Residential area.


1-evolution of reconsideration cases during the period from 1995-2005 :

The following table shows the number of reconsideration cases during the period from 1995-2005

Year

 No. The relative change
1995 874 -
1996 913 4.5%
1997 977 7.0%
1998 825 15.6%-
1999 813 1.5%-
2000 803 1.2%-
2001 791 1.5%-
2002 809 2.3%
2003 910 12.5%
2004 1105 21.4%
2005 1257 13.8%

The former table shows :
There are three periods were reconsiderations cases numbers changed during the mentioned period

First: from 1995 until 1997 rose the numbers of reconsideration cases, in 1996 rose by 4.5% over 1995, and then increased in 1997 by 7% from 1996.
Second: number decreased since 1998 until 2001 between 1.2% and 1.5% in each year from the other.
Third : from 2002 to 2005 number of cases rose once again and reached the peak during the last two years where the percentage change in the two years reached 21.4% in 2004 than in 2003, and then to 13.8% in 2005 than in 2004.It may also conclude that there is an increase in numbers in recent years compared with 1995.

2- Reconsideration marriage  among other types of marriage :

The following table shows the numbers of reconsideration  marriage  compared to the number of other marriages during the period from 1995-2005

Year New Marriage Revocable Marriage Reconsideration Marriage Total The reconsideration  marriage to product
1995 9515 272 874 10661 8.2%
1996 9022 332 913 10267 8.9%
1997 9610 250 977 10837 9.0%
1998 10335 399 825 11559 7.1%
1999 10847 385 813 12045 6.7%
2000 10785 397 803 11985 6.7%
2001 11830 469 791 13090 6.0%
2002 12219 419 809 13447 6.0%
2003 12292 517 910 13719 6.6%
2004 12367 496 1105 13968 7.9%
2005 12140 552 1257 13949 9.0%
Total 120962 4488 10077 135527 7.4%
Percentage 89.3% 3.3% 7.4% 100%  

From The former table we conclude the following:
- Ratio of reconsideration marriages between 6% in 2002, 9% in 1997, 2005.
- The number of new marriages represents 89.3% of the total number of marriages during the period
From 1995-2005, while revocable marriage represent 3.3%, while reconsideration marriage represents 7.4%

3-(a) reconsideration marriage according to the nationality of the husband and wife :
The following table shows the number of reconsideration marriages cases according to the nationality of the spouses during the period from 1995-2005

Year Nationality of the husband The nationality of the wife Sentence
K G. K. K G. K.
1995 706 168 134 740 874
1996 722 191 97 816 913
1997 695 282 115 862 977
1998 618 207 81 744 825
1999 679 134 96 717 813
2000 635 168 117 686 803
2001 657 134 101 690 791
2002 690 119 81 728 809
2003 709 201 133 777 910
2004 841 264 143 962 1105
2005 857 400 161 1096 1257
Total 7809 2268 1259 8818 10077
Percentage 77.5% 22.5% 12.5% 87.5% 100%

The former table shows the following :
- 77.5% of the total Kuwaiti of reconsideration marriage have ratified the marriage contracts during the period from 1995-2005 compared with 22.5% of non-Kuwaitis.
- In return, we find that 12.5% of the Kuwaitis women had ratified the state of marriage versus 87.5% of non-Kuwaitis women during the same period.

3 (b) reconsideration marriage in terms of age groups of the husband :
The following table shows the numbers of reconsideration marriage cases by age groups during the period from 1995-2005

Year / age groups

15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-44 years 45 or  more Total
1995 32 211 199 113 153 166 874
1996 24 205 196 144 149 195 913
1997 18 203 211 178 185 182 977
1998 16 182 189 133 164 141 825
1999 15 176 193 118 149 162 813
2000 21 186 185 118 151 169 803
2001 16 181 195 103 124 172 791
2002 22 212 205 109 122 139 809
2003 26 193 226 146 146 173 910
2004 40 263 260 156 209 177 1105
2005 38 249 299 204 245 222 1257
ÇáãÌãæÚ 268 2261 2331 1522 1799 1898 10077
ÇáäÓÈÉ 2.7% 22.5% 23.1% 15.1% 17.8% 18.8% 100%

The former table shows the following:
- During the period of 1995-2005, we find that 23.1% of the total cases were couples of the age of 25-29 years and approaching this percentage the couples aged 20 - 24 years
by 22.5%, meaning that almost half of reconsideration cases are in the age groups less than
29 years.
This may be due to a marriage outside the State who work or study and then when returning these contracts gets ratified.
But it also note that 18.8% of the cases were for the spouses of the age group 45 years and above, which may be for spouses living in remote areas or in the desert who consider the documentation of the contracts is not important in the traditions until the official need for these contracts.


3-(c) reconsideration  marriages  distributed according   to  residential area :

Percentage AAssema Hawalli AlFarwaniya Ahmadi

 and Mubarak Alkber

Ajahraa Abroad Starved
1995 117 244 180 193 126 14 874
1996 92 159 187 166 112 197 913
1997 95 184 191 166 103 238 977
1998 88 171 177 165 88 136 825
1999 71 109 132 129 77 295 813
2000 50 115 104 80 67 387 803
2001 54 76 99 91 51 420 791
2002 46 92 74 82 64 451 809
2003 71 181 180 213 153 112 910
2004 96 261 225 280 200 43 1105
2005 141 317 263 283 204 49 1257
ÇáãÌãæÚ 921 1909 1812 1848 245 2342 10077
ÇáäÓÈÉ 9.2% 18.9% 18.0% 18.3% 12.4% 23.2% 100%

The former table shows the following :
reconsideration on marriages that took taking place outside the country, Represent the largest rate where it reached 23.2%, while the number of reconsideration cases converging in the governorates of Hawalli, Farwaniya and Ahmadi and becomes less in the Assima and Jahra'a governorates , reaching 18.9%, 18.3%, 18.0% respectively of the total number of reconsideration during the period from 1995-2005 and characterized by Assema governorate who has low ratio of the number of cases reaching 9.2%.

3-(D) Reconsideration marriage according to the educational status  of the husband :
the period from 1995-2005, distributed according to the educational status of the husband.

Percentage

 elementary and under Secondary and under   university University and above Not indicated Total
1995 512 237 117 8 874
1996 330 166 61 356 913
1997 260 133 48 536 977
1998 190 82 44 509 825
1999 182 72 37 522 813
2000 176 74 34 519 803
2001 149 80 33 529 791
2002 149 70 47 543 809
2003 201 146 49 514 910
2004 521 372 180 32 1105
2005 595 456 175 31 1257
Total 3265 1888 825 4099 10077
Percentage 32.4% 18.7% 8.2% 40.7% 100%
           

The former table shows the  following  :
- That 32.4% of the total reconsideration  cases  the  husband   owning an elementary degree or less in the period from 1995 till 2005, and there were 18.7%, where  the husband carries a degree of  secondary or less of the university , while 8.2% of the cases where the husband carries a university degree and higher.
- Increasing number of reconsideration  which did not mention the level of education during the years of the report, where the overall percentage of 40.7% was due to the lack of attention to the registration of the educational status  in previous  years in marriage contracts, but it was corrected in the last two years.
Conclusion:
- It has been found from the report that there are approximately 10.7% of marriages that took place in the State of Kuwait are reconsideration and revocable Marriages sense that there is in every 100 marriages are 11 cases of reconsideration and revocable marriages .
- Kuwaitis representing approximately 77.5% of these cases, 12.52% of Kuwaitis women.
- Most reconsideration cases are in the ages under 29 years of age.
- Most of the cases took place outside the country, reaching 23.2%, while converged in Hawalli and Ahmadi governorates by almost 19% and slightly less frequently in the Assima governorate.
 Reconsideration cases rises when couples are holding elementary degree or less and decreases when the education status rises due to their awareness of the importance of documenting the marriage contract.