Understanding quality of marriage among Malays

• Main Authors: Abd Manaf, Abdul Razak, Harries, Maria, Clare, Mike
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Promoting Ideas (CPI) 2011
• Subjects: HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/5133/1/22.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/5133/; http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol._1_No._4%3b_April_2011/22.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This qualitative research examines the perceptions of forty-five married Malay individuals about what they understand to be the ingredients of quality marital relationships. It utilised semi-structured interviews as a primary data-gathering instrument. In this paper, the researcher explains some of the reasons for the research question about quality of marital relationships, why the researcher decided to use a qualitative research design and how these interviews were conducted. Finally, this paper describes how the data are being analysed and identifies some issues that have arisen during this process.