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    Influence of Long Distance Marriage on Family Life Pattern among Working Class Couples in Oyo State.
    (Published by Family and Consumer Sciences Society of Nigeria. (FACSSON), 2019) Gbadebo, C. T; Opaleke, O.D; Abraham, M.O; Ajao, B
    The study investigated the influence of long distance marriage on family life pattern among the working class couple in Oyo State. Three (3) research questions were raised and one (1) hypotheses was formulated and tested at 0.05 levels of significances. Survey research design was adopted. The total population was two thousand nine hundred and twenty five (2,925). The sample comprised one Hundred and fifty respondents constituting approximately 5.1% of the population. 150 working class couple was selected from Oyo State Government Secretariat, Ibadan using proportionate sampling techniques Long Distance Marriage Family Life Questionnaire (LDMFLQ) is the instrument used for data collection. Research questions 1-3 were analysed using frequency counts, percentages, mean (x), standard deviation (SD). The Null Hypothesis formulated in the study was tested with Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings revealed that problems encountered in long distance marriage include loneliness ( = 2.94) 72.6%, difficulty in achieving personal needs of the family ( = 3.03)78.7% among others. Result of the findings also revealed that long distance marriage influence family life pattern of working class couples as they experience lack of warm and comfortable relationship ( = 2.95) 71.3%, and inability to fulfil conjugal relationship ( = 2.52) 51.4%. 60.7% claim they are able to maintain balanced diet even with an absent spouse and, it was revealed that long distance marriage significantly influence family life pattern of working class couples (p<0.05).The study concluded that Long distance marriage significantly influence family life pattern of working class couple (p>0.05). It was therefore recommended that couples should be making out time to visit one another and practice open communication to avoid inability to fulfil conjugal relationships.