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- Title
Challenges and coping strategies of female headed households in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State.
- Authors
Chukwuone, Chiamaka; Ejinkeonye, Uju; Ezea, Ijeoma
- Abstract
The study investigated the challenges and coping strategies of Female Headed Household in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. Two null hypotheses guided the study: There is no significant difference between the mean responses of educational levels of females on the challenges of Female Headed Household and there is no significant difference between the mean responses of different occupation of the females on the coping strategies adopted in their households. The area of the study is Ikwuano L.G.A. Simple random sampling techniques was used to select 285 females from 986 registered population of female headed household in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. Frequency, means and percentages were used to analysis the research questions while ANOVA was used to test the null hypothesis. The key findings revealed that the reasons for Female Headed Households include: widowhood, abandonment, divorce, migration and separation. The study revealed the challenges of female headed households as: economic insecurity, lack of income earning opportunities, poor social status, lack of employment, inadequate finances to run the family, lack of respect by family members/society, gender inequality, difficulty in raising children, lack of support from offspring, lack of regular income, struggling to procure food, poor access to basic healthcare and loneliness among many others, coping strategies adopted by female headed households in managing their households include; involvement in daily/weekly contribution, engaging in menial jobs, gender equality, begging, trading, regular income, support from members of religious group, free access to basic healthcare, support from family members, among others. The study recommended that Conferences, seminars and workshops should be periodically organized for heads of female headed household on how to cope with the challenges they are facing sustainability across lifespan in households among others.
- Subjects
ABIA State (Nigeria); HOUSEHOLDS; LOCAL government; SOCIAL status; FEMALES; SEMINARS; NULL hypothesis; FOOD prices; WOMEN leaders
- Publication
International Journal of Home Economics, 2022, Vol 15, Issue 2, p91
- ISSN
1999-561X
- Publication type
Article