EFFECT OF BALANCING WORK OBLIGATIONS AND FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG WORKING WOMEN IN JOS METROPOLIS
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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Abstract
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.
Keywords
EFFECTS,, BALANCING,, WORK,, OBLIGATIONS,, FAMILY,, RESPONSIBILITIES,, AMONG,, WORKING,, WOMEN,, JOS,, METROPOLIS.