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Intercultural marriage in Sarawak : motivational factors.

Using data gathered from 240 intercultural-married respondents in Sarawak, this study examines motivational factors for intercultural marriage. A 10-item Likert scale adapted from Lewis and Yancey (1997) was used to measure motivational factors to marry inter-culturally. Findings revealed that resp...

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Main Authors: Juhari, Rumaya, Baharudin, Rozumah, Tan, Jo Pei
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Published: University of Malaya 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15266/1/Intercultural%20marriage%20in%20Sarawak.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.152662015-10-16T07:05:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15266/ Intercultural marriage in Sarawak : motivational factors. Juhari, Rumaya Baharudin, Rozumah Tan, Jo Pei Using data gathered from 240 intercultural-married respondents in Sarawak, this study examines motivational factors for intercultural marriage. A 10-item Likert scale adapted from Lewis and Yancey (1997) was used to measure motivational factors to marry inter-culturally. Findings revealed that respondents who earned higher income were not motivated by racial factors such as the uniqueness of intercultural marriage, attractiveness of other races and communication when choosing their partner. Interestingly, those who emphasized on non-racial factors such as love, shared interest, and similar economic status, were also found to consider racial related factors in spouse selection process. To conclude, intercultural-married individuals in the study seemed to be motivated by both racial and non-racial factors to decide upon their marriage. University of Malaya 2008-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15266/1/Intercultural%20marriage%20in%20Sarawak.pdf Juhari, Rumaya and Baharudin, Rozumah and Tan, Jo Pei (2008) Intercultural marriage in Sarawak : motivational factors. Borneo Research Journal, 2 (1). pp. 139-148. ISSN 1985-5443 English
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description Using data gathered from 240 intercultural-married respondents in Sarawak, this study examines motivational factors for intercultural marriage. A 10-item Likert scale adapted from Lewis and Yancey (1997) was used to measure motivational factors to marry inter-culturally. Findings revealed that respondents who earned higher income were not motivated by racial factors such as the uniqueness of intercultural marriage, attractiveness of other races and communication when choosing their partner. Interestingly, those who emphasized on non-racial factors such as love, shared interest, and similar economic status, were also found to consider racial related factors in spouse selection process. To conclude, intercultural-married individuals in the study seemed to be motivated by both racial and non-racial factors to decide upon their marriage.
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author Juhari, Rumaya
Baharudin, Rozumah
Tan, Jo Pei
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Baharudin, Rozumah
Tan, Jo Pei
Intercultural marriage in Sarawak : motivational factors.
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Baharudin, Rozumah
Tan, Jo Pei
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title Intercultural marriage in Sarawak : motivational factors.
title_short Intercultural marriage in Sarawak : motivational factors.
title_full Intercultural marriage in Sarawak : motivational factors.
title_fullStr Intercultural marriage in Sarawak : motivational factors.
title_full_unstemmed Intercultural marriage in Sarawak : motivational factors.
title_sort intercultural marriage in sarawak : motivational factors.
publisher University of Malaya
publishDate 2008
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15266/1/Intercultural%20marriage%20in%20Sarawak.pdf
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