Study the experiences of people living about white marriages in Iran (Qualitative study of youth in Gilan city)

White marriage is one of the ways to live without formal and legal marriage, which is widely accepted among young people. The purpose of this study was to study the status of white marriage among young people in Gilani, who experienced this style of life, the causes of the tendency towards this style of life and its consequences.The phenomenological method has been used for qualitative study. Therefore, couples who have experienced this life style have been selected using a snowball sampling technique as the sample, and the data collection process was stopped by interviewing 15 people.
The results of the research were extracted through the process of coding open and categorical coding, and the concepts and categories were extracted.
The results of the research indicate that white marriages have become popular among young people.Factors such as economic status, divorce problems, reduced parental control, sexual and emotional needs, globalization, individualism, diminished religious beliefs, and friends have played an important role in the trend of white marriages among young people.The lack of acceptance by the community and the family, the lack of legal protection and having a secret relationship, including the limits of this lifestyle.