RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT AND CHILD-UPBRINGING PRACTICES IN PLATEAU STATE

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2007-05
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MAJAK, NYAZI CECILIA
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The main objective of this study was to investigate relationship between maternal employment and child – upbringing practices in Plateau State. Five null hypothes were postulated viz: there is no significant difference between traditional and modern practices of child – upbringing, secondly; there is no significant relationship between maternal employment and maternal – child relationship, thirdly; there is no significant difference between child up-bringing practices with low and high levels of education of employed mothers. Fourthly, modern child- upbringing practices do not significantly have relationship with moral behavior of children and fifthly; there is no significant relationship between maternal employment and child – upbringing practices. Descriptive research design and survey method were adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was employed for the choice of six LGAs. A sample size of 500, mothers was drawn from a population of 6158 employed mothers. The selection of the sample was done by computing 20% of the population of each selected LGA. The data was collected using a 66 items researcher designed questionnaire. Descriptive statistics of frequency distribution and percentages, as well as paired t-test, two- tailed t-test and Pearson product moment correlation were used for data analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there is significant difference between the traditional and modern child – upbringing practices. Results also indicated that there is no significant relationship between child- upbringings practices with high and low levels of education of employed mothers. No relationship existed between modern child-upbringing practices and moral behaviors of children. Result further indicated a significant relationship between maternal employment and child - upbringing practices. Based on the findings, these recommendations were made; the three tiers of government should redesign welfare programs to strengthen employment opportunities for mothers on equal bases with their male counterparts; Enactment of laws to guide the transfer of employed mothers, to avoid separating them from their children and husbands. This study concluded that the positive sides of modern and traditional child-upbringing practices be merged and embraced for the convenience of employed mothers and their children, for the social, psychological, economical and physical development of the family members.
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DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA.
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RELATIONSHIP,, MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT,, CHILD-UPBRINGING,, PRACTICES,, PLATEAU STATE
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