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Marital Expectations Of Young Females
[A CASE STUDY OF OKE-ERO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE, NIGERIA]
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DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Preamble
The study investigated marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA, Kwara State. Moderating variables of age, family structure, family type, educational status and religion were examined to reveal their influences of respondents’ marital expectations. The results of the findings have been presented; this chapter thus, focuses on the discussion of findings, conclusion and recommendations based on the findings of the study.
Discussion
The findings of the study revealed that marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA involves having a lifelong relationship, getting married when they are adult, couple’s supporting family financially, being submissive to their spouses, that their marriage should be fulfilling and satisfying even when raising children and to earn income in order to improve their marital life. The findings of this study imply that young females in Oke-Ero expected that their future marriage relationship should be a stable and satisfying one. A relationship where partners would be matured, understand each other and earn relative income to sustain the family. Such expectations are type that every potential married woman would yearn for in their marriage. This does not mean that these expectations will eventually come to past or be experienced in their future marriage relationship because a mere expectation is significantly different from the actual experience of a phenomenon. This suggests that young females in Oke-Ero need to prepare towards meeting their marriage expectations so that stability and satisfaction they so desired could be achieved in ideal marriage. The finding of this study is in line with the finding of Watson, Klohnen, Casillas, Simms, Haig and Berry (2004) which revealed that marital expectations of young adolescents involved longing for a stable relationship, efficient economic sustenance and satisfactory relationship.
Hypothesis one showed that there was no significant age difference in the marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA. This implies that age has no significant influence on marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero Local Government Area. Similarity in respondents’ view might be due to the fact that they are still within adolescence stage irrespective of their age difference. The finding of the study is in contrast with the finding of Ryff (1991) which revealed difference in the respondents’ marital expectations based on age.
Hypothesis two revealed that there was no significant difference in the marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA based on religion. This implies that religion has no significant influence on marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero Local Government Area. Similarity is respondents’ view is because of the fact that every religion preaches harmony and submissiveness for sustainability of marriage relationship. The finding of this study disagree with that of Jafari, Samani, Fatemi, Ta’avoni and Abolghasemi (2015) which revealed that religion has significant influence on marital expectations and adherence among intending couples.
The third hypothesis indicated that there was no significant difference in the marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA based on family structure. This means that family structure has no significant influence on marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero Local Government Area. Every individual yearns for a fulfilling marriage relation irrespective of their family structure; hence, similarity in respondents’ marital expectations. This finding is in line with the finding of Coleman and Ganong (2004) which showed that family structure has no influence on marriage role expectations.
The fourth hypothesis revealed that there was no significant difference in the marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA based on family type. This implies that family type has no significant influence on marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero Local Government Area. This is because family type from which individuals does not determine their expectations in marriage. This finding correspond with the finding of Coleman and Ganong (2004) which showed that family type has no significant influence on potential married people marriage role expectations.
Hypothesis five showed that there was no significant difference in the marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA based on educational status. This implies that educational status has no significant influence on marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero Local Government Area. The similarity in respondents view might be because education has nothing to do with the desire to have a fulfilling marriage relationship. This finding contradicts the finding of Amiri, Sadeqi, Hoseinpoor and Khosravi (2016) which showed difference in spouse marital satisfaction based spouse’s education.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe study examined the marital expectation of young females in Oke Ero Local Government. The study focused on extent to which variables such as age, religion, family type and educational status influence marital expectations of young females in Oke Ero L.G.A. The research adopted survey research design method. The population of the study comprised of all the 18,612 young females in Oke Ero L.G.A. Proportional sampling technique was used to select 2% of 18,612 young female in Oke Ero L.G. ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]APPENDIX 1UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORININSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT OF COUNSELLOR EDUCATIONQUESTIONNAIRE ON MARITAL EXPECTATION OF YOUNG FEMALES   This questionnaire is designed to elicit information on “marital expectations of young female in Oke Ero Local Government Areaâ€Â. You are requested to respond to the questions to the items honestly such responses are for academic purpose and will be strictly treated as confidential. Thank you for your usual cooperation.SECTION A : De ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSCONTENTS      Title page    Certification Dedication   Acknowledgements    Table of Contents   Abstract  CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTIONBackground to the Study Statement of the Problem  Research Questions Research Hypotheses  Purpose of the Study  Significance of the Study   Scope of the Study  Operational Definition of Terms  CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREConcept of Marital Expectation         Concept of Young F ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Scope of the Study   This study focused on marital expectations of young females in Oke Ero Local Government. Hence, the study waslimited to young females in Oke Ero Local Government. Moderating variables of age, religion, family type and educational background were considered as they affect their marital expectations. Purposive sampling technique was used to select young female in Oke Ero local government while questionnaire was the instrument for obtaining information pertaining to marital ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Physiological and Psychosocial Development of the Adolescent Female   Adolescence occurs when the secondary sex characteristics appear and ends when somatic growth is completed and the individual is psychologically and physiologically mature and capable of contributing to society. The pubescent period for girls begins when growth spurts occur. During this stage growth is rapid. Their skeletal system often grows faster than their support muscles, which tends to cause clumsiness and poor poste ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Reliability of the Instrument   Reliability refers to the consistency with which the instrument measures what it purports to measure (Kolawole, 2002). The reliability of this instrument was carried out using test re-test technique. The instrument was administered twice to young female in Offa local government for the pilot study outside the study area with interval of four weeks. The result of the first administration was compared with the result of the second administration using Pearson Pr ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Hypothesis Three:There is no significant difference in the marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA based on family structure.Table 5 shows that, under 418 degree of freedom (df), the calculated t-value of 1.92 is less than the critical t-value of 1.96. Similarly, the corresponding p-value of 0.06 is greater than the significant p-value of 0.05. This indicates that there was no significant difference in respondents’ marital expectations based on family structure; hence, the hy ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]REFERENCESAddai, J. & Trovato, L. (1999). Self-directed, therapist directed, and assessment-based interventions for premarital couples. Family Relations, 56, 279-290.Addai, K. (1999); Personality and temperament correlates of marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality, 67, 93-125.Alexander, K. (2008). Epilogue: A strengths-based conceptual framework for understanding families world-wide. Marriage & Family Review, 41, 447.Amato, P. R. (2000). The consequences of divorce for adults and children. ... Continue reading---
