Environmental Factors Influencing Dating through Agencies for Mate selection in Nairobi,Kenya County
| dc.contributor.author | Murungu, Tabitha | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-19T12:01:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-14T06:40:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-19T12:01:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to explore the environmental factors influencing dating through agencies for mate selection in Nairobi County, Kenya. Specifically, to assess the sufficiency of dating agencies in Kenya, explore factors influencing young adults’ use of dating agencies for mate selection, and to document young adults’ views on dating through agencies concerning mate selection. The study was guided by the Rapid Social Change theory. The study adopted a descriptive research design; a sample size of three dating agencies was selected from a pool of nine. Simple random sampling technique was applied to select the three agencies. data tools were mailed out to all the participating clients in the three agencies where 81 clients responded over a three-week period. Primary data was collected through the use of questionnaire tools and key informant interviews. The administrators of the three agencies participated as key informants for data triangulation and validation. It was established that dating agencies were operational in Nairobi and were accessible by way of email, telephone, internet or even physically visiting the offices. However, the awareness within the larger population of the existence of dating services was quite low. The pool of those enrolled for the service was quite small and largely comprised of women seeking husbands. Only a small proportion of the respondents were successful at securing a mate through the agencies. A substantial proportion of users still hoped for a better match than the one already profiled for them. The most critical environmental factors that resulted to the use of dating through agencies were: the amount of money, commitment and time spent on night outs in search of a mate, difficulties in naturally finding someone with similar interests, and unprecedented relationship break ups that left casualties with very little time for finding other potential mates on short notice. There was a lot of stigma associated with dating agencies and indifference on the fact that people using dating agencies were desperate. Recommendations were that awareness creation be increased and that more men be encouraged to register. Further research was suggested on non environmental factors influencing the use of dating agencies for mate selection and on the views of non-users of dating agencies regarding mate selection through dating agencies. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2996.2 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Pan Africa Christian University | en_US |
| dc.subject | sufficiency to dating through Agencies to young adults | en_US |
| dc.subject | changing social culture and behavior | en_US |
| dc.subject | factors affecting young adult to date through agency | en_US |
| dc.title | Environmental Factors Influencing Dating through Agencies for Mate selection in Nairobi,Kenya County | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis |
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