Interconnections among changing family structure, childrearing and fertility behaviour among the Ogu, Southwestern Nigeria

Interconnections among changing family structure, childrearing and fertility behaviour among the Ogu, Southwestern Nigeria

The interconnections of family transformation, childrearing and fertility behaviour are explored. Data were generated through nine focus groups organized among the Ogu and content analyzed. The analysis reveals that although the family system is still largely dominated by extended structure, the strong traditional kinship ties have begun to undergo serious strain. Child fostering and other mean...

Sexual networking among youth in southwestern Nigeria

Childrearing Styles and Family Communication Patterns among University Students

Family is a basic unit of the society and the main source of human development. The initial aim of the family is psychological and social support of its members and has special developmental stages. Researches show the families who have less cohesion, have more conflicts and maladjustments and the members of such families are not able to communicate effectively. Family is a system in which any ...

Social Transfers, Changing Family Structure, and Low Income Among Children

Our aim in this paper is to resolve a paradox. Since the 1970s, there has been a downward secular trend in the average real and relative earnings of young adults under the age of 35. Despite the fact that most young children live in households headed by adults under 35, there has been no corresponding secular rise in the incidence of low income among children. Rather child poverty has followed ...

the relationship among metacognitive listening strategies, foreign language classroom anxiety and listening comprehension among iranian efl university students.

نابس طلاک بازطضا اب یرادییش یتخایشازف یاَدزبَار ی ٍطبار یسرزب شَیضپ هیا فدَ ٌدافتسا هتفزگ زظو رد اب تیسیج .تسا یوازیا ناسًمآ نابس نایمرد یرادییش کردی ٍجراخ زمو ی زکذم ی ثوًم دازفا رد یرادییش یتخایشازف یاَدزبَار نآ ٍجراخ نابس طلاک بازطضا ی ٌ .تسا ٌدش عقای یسرزب درًم اَ 11 ٌاگشواد ی داسآ ٌاگشواد رد لیصحت ٍب لًغشم یًجشواد ناگدییک تکزش .دودزک تکزش شَیضپ هیا رد نامزک زیَاب دیُش مراُچ ی مًس لاس نایًجشواد ٍمجزت یاَ ٍتشر رد ...