HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF DIVORCE AMONG CHILDREN AND MOTHERS

HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF DIVORCE AMONG CHILDREN AND MOTHERS

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out in order to determine Health Implications of Divorce among Children and Mothers in Jaba  Local Government Area of Kaduna State in Nigeria. A total of three hundred and forty three (343) questionnaires were distributed to respondents in Jaba Villages within the local government jurisdiction of  Kaduna State. The sample size of 300 was arrived at after using the spearman’s rank of correlation for sample size determination. The statistical tool used in the study is known as Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient to test the level of significance of hypotheses, and if there exist a relationship between the variables under investigation. The study shows that majority of respondents were of the opinion that mothers and children’s wealth have health effects due to divorce, while others argued against this opinion. It also shows that majority of the respondents acknowledges that divorces has an implications of women and children and others disagreed of this opinion. The study shows that majority of the respondents were of the opinion that problem of finance and sexual problem results to societal menace of divorce, while others disagreed of these opinions. Other effect that may occur due to divorce includes societal problem, problem of infertility on the bearing of child, negative effect of child education, in-laws-intrusions, alcoholism, assaults, slapping, bitting amongst others.   The study concludes that a marriage devoid of problems is said to be happy marriage, unlike those marriages with problems. The survival of any marriage life goes with deep level of understanding. The study recommends that Government should set up agencies where marital-related issues can be resolved, so that if there exist breakdown of marriage agreement it can be done on a peaceful ground.