THE EFFECTS OF WIVES' EMPLOYMENT ON HUSBANDS' PERCEIVED TRADITIONAL ROLES: A CASE STUDY OF KWARA STATE
THE EFFECTS OF WIVES' EMPLOYMENT ON HUSBANDS' PERCEIVED TRADITIONAL ROLES: A CASE STUDY OF KWARA STATE
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Date
2000-06
Authors
TOLANI, OLAGUNJU KUDIRAT
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Abstract
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the degree of the Effect of
the employment of wives on specific areas of the husband's traditional role as well as
his personal life.
Some research questions and hypotheses were tested. Survey research
method was adopted and questionnaire was used as an instrument for collecting data.
The sample size consist of three hundred and twenty six respondents (employed
wives and employed husbands working in formal sectors were used as paired couples)
whose age ranges between 15 and 34 Years with about eight percent of them above
34 Years of age. They were randomly selected from eight local government areas of
Kwara State.
The raw data obtained from the questionnaire were converted into frequencies
for analytical purposes. Percentages, Pearson product moment correlation and chisquare
were used for data analysis.
The Findings were that
I. The inadequacy of the husband's performance of his traditional role
significantly motivated the wife to seek for paid employment;
ii. A significant relationship existed between the type of work status of a wife and
the husband's participation in the household tasks;
iii. Wife's employment was found to have significant influence on the husband
performance of his traditional roles in the house;
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE IN HOME ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA
Keywords
EFFECTS,, WIVES' EMPLOYMENT,, HUSBANDS' PERCEIVED,, TRADITIONAL,, ROLES