FEMALE MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATE;
DOES MARRIAGE AFFECT THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN A SAUDI UNIVERSITY?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2014.21.03.2120Keywords:
Academic performance;, female medical undergraduates;, married students;, Saudi ArabiaAbstract
Objective: Our aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of marriage, pregnancy
and 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 students
on the fifth class at college of medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia in May 2013
answered a questionnaire about the effect of marriage on medical study. Results: Thirty-nine
percent of married female medical students got a worse grade than before marriage, while
30.5% 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 the
individuals involved Marriage supports them emotionally and socially.
