it's mixed bag of yes-no
my dad was unemployed slacker when he got married but he already had at least two proposals from different families because they wanted to get rid of their daughters after reaching of age; he picked up third one after rejecting her initially as she wanted him to drop chewing beetel nut-tobacco and drinking alcohol etc all to which father replied "go fuck yourself imma live my life as per my wish"...but later she agreed for compromising over it and they got married.
wish she had not.

so yeah, a lot of arranged marriages were a form of conveniences that people followed to just get their useless
bauj (weight) sons-daughters off their shoulders and there was this belief that "once a kid is born they'll get over everything and start following discipline in life" etc



these boomers...