EFFECT OF BALANCING WORK OBLIGATIONS AND FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG WORKING WOMEN IN JOS METROPOLIS

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2012-10
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BARNABAS, ESTHER SINGAYINA
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate balancing work obligation and family responsibilities. Five objectives and five research questions were formulated, with five related Null hypotheses. Also related literature were reviewed for this study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population for the study was drawn from five working organizations in Jos south, Jos east and Jos north Local Government Areas in Plateau state. The population consisted of six thousand, nine hundred and forty (6,940) working women. Samples for the study was three hundred and fifty (350) women selected using proportional sampling technique. The instrument used for the collection of data was the questionnaire. The data collected were statistically analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), standard deviation, t-test, and mean statistics. The null hypotheses were statistically tested at significant level of 0.05. The Null hypotheses one, three and four were tested with analysis of variance (ANOVA) while null hypotheses two and five were tested using paired sample t-test. It was observed that the null Hypotheses one, two and three were rejected, while null hypotheses, four and five were accepted. The results obtained from the study revealed that mothers who failed to balance up their family and work responsibilities faced the problem of losing their family members including husbands and children. The results further revealed that mothers’ absence had a great effect in the performance of their home activities, which in turn had effect on their well-being such as stress and related diseases. The results also stated that certain strategies should be adopted to obtain a balance. It was recommended from the findings that, employed mothers should engage in flexible, stress free and timely jobs, and should have a means of mobility, and the use of house helps where necessary. It was also recommended that the government (Ministry of Women Affairs) should enforce the reduction of hours spent at work place by career women to help them perform better at home. .
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN HOME ECONOMICS (HOME MANAGEMENT) DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA OCTOBER, 2012.
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EFFECTS,, BALANCING,, WORK,, OBLIGATIONS,, FAMILY,, RESPONSIBILITIES,, AMONG,, WORKING,, WOMEN,, JOS,, METROPOLIS.
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