Perceptions of Husbands’/Children’s Relationships and Attachments with their Wives/Mothers, Regarding their Late Home Coming from Work.

Abstract

The study assessed the relationships and attachments between husbands/children and their working wives/mothers regarding her late home coming respectively in Ga East District of Ghana. The descriptive research design was used for the study. The population of the study comprised husbands and children of families in which the wife/mother works within Dome Township, a suburb of the Ga East District. The purposive sampling method was used to sample fifty-one (51) husbands and one hundred and fifty (150) children for the study. Two sets of questionnaires were used to obtain data for the study. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the instruments were 0.78 and 0.72. Frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were the statistical tools used for the data analysis. It was found that children had positive perception of work life balance of their mothers than their fathers. The study showed that husbands had positive perception of work life balance of their wives. Husbands had positive perception about their wives to come home late from work. The results revealed that there's is a significant difference between husbands with tertiary education and those without tertiary education regarding their perception in work life balance of their wives. It is recommended that government and other employers of labour must therefore ensure that working mothers of children from the ages of 12 to 16 are given flexible work at various work places. Guidance counsellors must hold workshops for school children of working mothers who may be experiencing a lot of problems such as behavioural disorders, learning difficulties, problems with development and challenges with peers.