ABSTRACT
The study’s major focus was on the issues and prospects of married couples running separate residences in the Pankshing Local Government Area of the plateaus state. The study’s goal is to discover the reasons why married couples in Pankshing Local Government Area, Plateaus State, run their homes separately. The difficulties that may arise when married couples run their own homes. Married couples are separated by the effects of running their homes. The fifteen (15) towns in Pankshing Local Government Area, plateaus state, were chosen at random for the study’s sample. The information was gathered through a questionnaire. The data was analyzed using frequency and mean. The findings found that the type of the job/occupation, socio-economic factors, and some couples’ preference for their work over living together are some of the reasons why married couples operate separate homes. Financial issues, communication gaps, and suspicions of unfaithfulness are all concerns linked with married couples running separate residences. It was discovered that incapacity to meet marriage’s cardinal goals. Unnecessary costs and emotional intemperance are side consequences of married couples maintaining separate homes, but women in particular are less busy, marriage love is stronger, and children raised in a separate family are hardworking and competent enough to succeed. Couples should strive to keep their families intact in order to use money wisely for development, according to the following guideline.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In many ways, family is the oldest human institution; it is the most fundamental unit. It is the most fundamental unit of society. Whether or whether family life was strong or weak, the entire society lived or perished. Before the institution can be founded, a man and a woman must form a union, which is known as marriage.
Marriage, according to Mba (1980), is the state in which a man and a woman dedicate themselves to each other in their lives together, as well as in procreation and child rearing. Only the ideal of creation, as given to God’s people in the Old Testament, can provide clear and certain knowledge of this institution.
Things are changing today as a result of the rising tide of a tremendous new interest in human beings, fueled by the liberation movement. The life of a single woman, wisdom, divorce, and separation are all receiving a lot more attention and recognition. There are many books, articles, and dramas available today about the legal and emotional aspects of divorce, the changing status of working couples, the financial complexities of widowhood, the challenge of single parenthood, and the level of life of single women. The fundamental separation of homes is akin to being given the pieces of a difficult jigsaw puzzle and being asked to put them together in a meaningful and satisfying way.
In the past, marriage in Africa was frowned upon.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
They aren’t being controlled, and they aren’t afraid of anything getting in their way. Today, some women live better than males. The world outside of marriage appears blank and befuddling to many of us. What does it feel like for families who have been living together for a long time to be separated? How do mothers deal with their children? This study is not for males who are concerned about how they will leave their families to travel to a distant location. This research project will also provide encouragement and sensible advise on the challenges that arise from living apart, including as emotional and practical issues, love and friendship, work and money, daycare, and decision-making while a husband is away from home.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is to look into the issues and prospects of married couples running separate homes in the Pankshing Local Government Area of the plateaus state.
This research will look into the following aims in particular:-
(1) To determine the cause of married couples’ residences being separated in Pankshing Local Government Area, plateaus State?
(2) To determine the potential challenges associated with married couples running separate residences in the Pankshing Local Government Area of the plateaus state?
(3) What are the implications of married couples running their homes independently on their wives and children in Pankshing Local Government Area, Plateaus State?
(4) To determine the likelihood of married couples running their residences independently in the Pankshing Local Government Area of the plateaus state.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This research will provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for couples to get a firsthand look at what they will face if they run separate households.
It will strengthen the habit of choosing a life partner in order to keep the certificate valid.
The study will teach the general public that there is no hard and fast rule that spouses should live together, and that they should instill in them a stereotyping work habit for the sake of their family’s efficacy.
The study will also certify women to the society’s issues in the educational raising of children, keeping in mind that many Nigerian elites are raised by either a single family or a separate family.
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