İnsan ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, cilt.4, sa.2, ss.375-387, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
The aim of this study is
to examine the master's and doctoral thesis written on early marriage according
to the year of publication, type, university, department, institute, language
in which it was written, title of consultant, research method used,
distribution of keywords and themes. A total of 35 master's and doctoral thesis
were examined in the research. The sample of the research consists of master's
and doctoral thesis related to the subject in CHE (The Council of Higher
Education) Thesis Center. Research data were collected by document analysis
method. According to the data obtained in the research, the most thesis were
published in 2018, and the most thesis studies were conducted at the master's
level. Thesis were mostly written in Hacettepe University and in the department
of sociology. Most thesis were written in social sciences institute. Most of
the thesis were written in Turkish, and the faculty members with the title of
professor were the advisors to the thesis. Most qualitative research methods
were used in thesis. The most frequently used keyword in the thesis examined
was "early marriage"
Key Words: Early
Marriage, child marriage, child bride, document analysis.