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The Influence Of Socio-economic Status On Marital Stability
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1.5Significance of the Study
The study will be beneficial in the following ways or areas:
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Couples: The findings and recommendation of this study will be of great
benefit for couples; both the already married ones and those intending
to marry. This is because they will learn the factors that contribute to
marital happiness or harmony in marriage.
2. Adolescents:
They will learn from the study, especially those who are of
marriageable ages. This is because they will get to understand that
there are some factors that can help marriages to grow and develop
instead of dying down. They would have an insight of the role money or
wealth play in sustaining marriages.
3. The Society: The
society will learn through this study how finance can make marriage to
work well. This is because, without enough financial powers, marriages
tend to be conflict-stricken.
Finally, with this study, the society will be informed on the role of finance towards the sustenance of marriage among couples.
4.
Children: Children would benefit from this study, as parents would
learn through this, how to bring up their children, irrespective of
their socio-economic backgrounds in the family. This study will help
many children to learn about their parents’ level of income in the
family.
1.6Scope of the Study
The study covered selected couples in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
1.7Definition of Terms
Some terms used in this study were defined thus:
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Socio-Economic Status (SES): This refers to the combined influence of
income, occupation, reduction, cultural tastes or values and prestige on
social ranking. It is classified into three: High, middle and low
socio-economic status (Bidwell and Vendor, 1999).
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Social Status: Mey (1998) defined social status as groups of individual
who are accorded similar levels of prestige within the community and who
share similar cultural taste, interest, patterns of consumptions and
life styles.
3. Social Class: This is the position in the stratification based on income.
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Stability: This refers to something that is fixed, not likely to move
or change its position. In simple terms, the quality of being stable.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined the influence of socio-economic status on marital stability among couples in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Some relevant and related literature was reviewed in this study.The descriptive survey research design was employed in this study for the assessment of the respondents’ opinion with the application of the questionnaire and the sampling technique. The questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents, while the sampling technique was used to ... Continue reading---
