MARRIED FEMALE STUDENTS’ VALUES ON FAMILY ACTIVITIES IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
MARRIED FEMALE STUDENTS’ VALUES ON FAMILY ACTIVITIES IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
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2011-07
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ASUQUO, Ekpo Ndifreke
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The study was carried out on married female students’ values on family activities
in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Survey Research design was adopted
for the study. Six research questions and five null hypotheses were raised. The
population of the married female students was 1,645 and the sample size was 167.
Simple random sampling technique was used for selecting the sample. The data
collected were analyzed using frequency, means and percentages. t-test and Chisquare
were used to test null hypotheses. The main findings were that, academic
demand is number one factor affecting married female student’s household
activities. In addition, the test of null hypotheses revealed that, there was
significant difference in the views of married undergraduates and postgraduates on
the factors affecting activities most preferred by married female students,
postgraduate married female students were of the view that academic demand is
the main factor affecting household activities while undergraduate married female
students agreed that influence of friends and associates is the main factor affecting
household activities and there was no significant relationship between married
female students’ values on household chores related to foods and nutrition. The
findings of this study show that academic demand, influence of friends and
associates, amount of time and energy already consumed on other activities affects
the household activities of married female students. Married female students value
household chores related to foods and nutrition and home management because of
good health, married female students value household chores related to clothing
and textiles because of comfort, married female students value household chores
related to child care and development because of family health that they provide
and married female students values on household chores differ from actual
participation on the activities. Among the major recommendations, were that
housekeepers should be trained by individuals, Home Economists, NGO and
Governments so that they can be employed by families as housekeepers.
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DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
HOME ECONOMICS SECTION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU
BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
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MARRIED,, FEMALE,, STUDENTS,, VALUES,, FAMILY,, ACTIVITIES,, AHMADU,, BELLO,, UNIVERSITY,, ZARIA,, NIGERIA