INFLUENCE OF EMPLOYMENT ON MARITAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG FEMALE EMPLOYEES OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA
INFLUENCE OF EMPLOYMENT ON MARITAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG FEMALE EMPLOYEES OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA
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2017-12
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DANJAJI, Shafi’u
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The study investigated the influence of employment on marital relationship among female employees of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state, Nigeria. The study was guided by six research questions and five hypotheses. The sample size of 240 was used in the study. The instrument tagged “Influence of Employment on Marital Relationship Questionnaire” (IEMRQ) was used. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was given at .76. The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using mean, standard deviation and ranking order to answer the researchquestions and t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) for hypotheses test. The findings revealed that employment has significant influence on marital relationship among the respondents, with misunderstanding between couples, inability to care for children, reductions in sexual relationship and effective communication take the first, second, third and fourth positions respectively. Reduction in leisure time spent with family, persistentquarreling and teaching of loneliness ranked least with ranking positionof 18th, 19th and 20threspectively. Hypotheses 1,2,3 and 5 showed no significant influence of employment on marital relationship basedon nature of employment, length of marriage, Faculty and Cadre at working respectively while only hypothesis 4 shows that there exists a significant influence of employment on marital relationship basedon number of children. Basedon the findings of the study, it was recommended that counsellorsshould organize regular workshops and seminar for married female employees on how to maintain balance between presses of works and marital relationship. Government at all levels should formulate policies that are friendly, and free regular medical check-up should be encouraged among female married employees, and the more children couples have the more their welfare.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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INFLUENCE OF EMPLOYMENT,, MARITAL RELATIONSHIP,, FEMALE EMPLOYEES,, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA