Résumé
Objective: Our aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of marriage, pregnancy and child bearing on the academic performance of the female medical students in Saudi Arabia. Study design: A cross sectional survey study
Methods: A batch of 53 female medical students on the fifth class at college of medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia in May 2013 answered a questionnaire about the effect of marriage on medical study
Results: Thirty-nine percent of married female medical students got a worse grade than before marriage, while 30.5% got better grade [39%], and the remaining percent got the same grade
Conclusion: Marriage in itself doesn't affect the academic performance but it is largely dependent on the individuals involved Marriage supports them emotionally and socially