Factors inhibiting marital stability in Nigeria: The case of Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State
| dc.contributor.author | Veta, Dennis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Veta, Dennis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Veta, Dennis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ibiezugbe, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Veta, Dennis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ibiezugbe, Michael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-26T08:58:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-26T08:58:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the factors inhibiting marital stability in Nigeria, focusing on Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. The multistage sampling method, comprising stratification, simple random, systematic, purposive, and snowball sampling methods, was adopted. The sample size for the study was 230. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study.; a structured questionnaire and an in-depth interview (IDI) guide were the instruments used in the collection of data for the study. Several factors including poverty, dominance, barrenness, peer influence, disrespectfulness, early marriage, in-laws’ interference, adultery, sexual dissatisfaction, sex preference, distrust, and inadequate communication inhibited marital stability in the study area. in all of these factors, the study shows that inadequate communication ranked highest (12.1%). This was followed by adultery (11.2%). The effects of marital instability in the study area include out-of-school children, death, emotional disorder, social stigmatization, poor socioeconomic status, single parenthood, addiction, poor child upbringing, and loneliness/isolation. Social stigmatization ranked highest (14.9%) followed by single parenthood (14.4%). Based on the findings, the study proffered, amongst others, that there is a need for the involvement of social workers in pre-marital counseling, and couples should be educated on the effects of marital instability on the victims, children, and the communities. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Veta, O. D. & Ibiezugbe, I. M. (2022). Factors inhibiting marital stability in Nigeria: The case of Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. Osun Sociological Review, 8 (1),139 - 148 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/11273 | |
| dc.publisher | Department of Sociology, Osun State University, Osogbo. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indigenizing, Social work education, Curriculum, Development, Nigeria | en_US |
| dc.subject | DESOPADEC, Communities, Sustainability, Development, Delta State | en_US |
| dc.subject | Marriage, Marital stability, Inhibiting factors, Couples, Ilorin metropolis | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors inhibiting marital stability in Nigeria: The case of Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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