ARJPC

ISSN: 2384-6178

 Academic Research Journal of Psychology and Counselling
 

Vol. 7(2), pp. 14-21, March, 2019.

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2019.011

ISSN: 2384-6178

Research Paper

Challenges of Women with Late Marriage As Perceived By Married Adults in Kwara State, Nigeria

OLAKOJO, Olayide Amos

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, LANLATE, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY,

OYO, NIGERIA. E-mail: olakojoolayide@gmail.com

Accepted 14 March 2019

Marriage is seen as one of the most significant rite of passage from childhood dependence and freedom to adult responsibility and commitment. Despite all these, it has been observed that some women marry lately and this may have grave consequences on their family and society at large. Late marriage has been identified as one of the major factors responsible for infertility and other related problems. Thus, the study examined challenges of women with late marriage as perceived by married adults in Kwara State. It also examined the relative influence of moderating variables of educational qualification, age at first marriage and religion on respondents’ views. A descriptive design was adopted for this study; using purposive and stratified sampling technique to select the participants. The instrument was a researcher designed questionnaire entitled “Challenges of Women with Late Marriage’ (CWLM)”. The instrument has reliability co-efficient of 0.69, using a test re-test method. The data collected were analysed with t-test and Analysis of Variance statistics. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of this study revealed the challenges faced by women with late marriage as perceived by married adults in Kwara state but the most significant are difficulty in child upbringing, poor marital communication, societal rejection and sexually transmitted diseases among others. There was no significant difference in challenges faced by women with late marriage as perceived by married adults in Kwara state on the basis of religion. There was a significant difference in the challenges faced by women with late marriage as perceived by married adults in Kwara state on the basis of educational qualification and age. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that counsellors should educate the women with late marriage on how to cope with challenges of late marriage, women with late marriage should be encouraged by professional counsellors on how to cope with financial difficulties and improve their communication problems as well as shun extra marital affairs and counselling association should conduct a seminar, lecture, symposium for women on the advantage of early marriage and ways to cope with challenges of late marriage.

Key words: Challenges of women, Late marriage, Married Adults.

Cite This Article As: OLAKOJO, O.A. (2019). Challenges of Women with Late Marriage As Perceived By Married Adults in Kwara State, Nigeria. Acad. Res. J. Psychol. Counsel. 7(2): 14-21.