Perception of early marriage and future educational goals attainment for Hmong female adolescents

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine the correlational study on perception of early marriage and future educational goals for Hmong female adolescents. The participants were a convenience sample consisting of 40 respondents drawn from St. Paul, MN, Eau Claire and Menomonie, WI. The respondents range from age 14 to 19 years old. A fifty-two item questionnaire regarding perception of early marriage and future educational goals that includes demographic questions, opinion type questions regarding early marriage and future educational goals using a Likert Scale response, and rankings. A significant difference was found when there is a positive perception of early marriage and lower educational goals for the respondents. This research also found that even though respondents' parents may not be educated the respondents still have high educational goals. No significant difference was found for educational goals for married and single female Perceptions of Early Marriage 3 respondents. The study also further show that married respondents without children will have higher educational goals when compare to married respondents with children. Included in the research paper are counseling implications and future research recommendations.