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