ABSTRACT
The study investigate the coping strategies adopted by
working mothers in dealing with their home management activities in Michael
Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia State. Six (6) research
questions was formulated in other to achieve the findings and survey research
design was used for the study. Two hundred (200) working mothers were randomly
selected out of the entire population of working mothers in Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia State. The result reveals that
(77.54%) of working mothers are from polygamous family, (8.55%) are from single
parent family, (2.14%) are from blended family, (2.14%) are from adopted family.
The result revealed that majority of the respondents (80.2 1%) has househelp
while (19.7%) of working mothers has nanny. The result shows that (26.74%) of
working mothers are from beginning family, (53.48%) are from expanded family
life cycle, and (19.79%) are from contracting stage of family life cycle. The
result reveals that most of the respondents agreed on mean responses on
strategies adopted in copping with feeding the family, managing family
clothing, childcare, family relationship in the home, family health and
management strategies you would suggest.for working mothers. Finally, the
result also revealed in ANOVA Result of differences in mean responses on
strategies adopted in coping with feeding the family, managing the family
clothing, child care, family relationship in the home, family health and
management strategies you would suggest for working mothers shows that there is
significant differences and there is no significant differences in comparing
the items. Finally, it is recommended that this findings should made available
through enlightenment of seminar, workshops, conference, women meeting, church
programmes to working mothers, non-working mothers, youths (spinsters) who are
not married and also to the husband (fathers) who think and believed that the
only major function in the family is provide money for family feeding and
family needs
OKONKWO, P (2021). Coping Strategies Adopted By Working Mothers For Dealing With Home Management Activities In Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture, Umijdike. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 23, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/coping-strategies-adopted-by-working-mothers-for-dealing-with-home-management-activities-in-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umijdike-7-2
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P, OKONKWO. "Coping Strategies Adopted By Working Mothers For Dealing With Home Management Activities In Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture, Umijdike" Mouau.afribary.org (2021). Accessed 23 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/coping-strategies-adopted-by-working-mothers-for-dealing-with-home-management-activities-in-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umijdike-7-2