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FAMILY STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHIP IN RELATION TO EMERGING TREND IN CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING IN A COMMUNITY IN NIGERIA
| Abstract: The study investigated the influence of family structure and membership on the emerging trend in children’s well-being, in terms of feeding, education, clothing, health, rest, freedom and recreational facilities. A sample of 1550 school children made up of 763 males and 787 females randomly selected from 23 schools were involved. The instrument was a questionnaire, with section A containing demographic information of the children and section B containing 24 items where pupils rated the extent to which they enjoy parental provision of the well-being items on a scale of five points. Pupils rated that they were 68.9% well-fed; 67.1% well-clothed; 68.5% health cared for; 66.4% educationally provided for and 63.9% recreationally opportune. There is a significant difference between children living with both parents and children not living with parents in their well-being. There is also a significant difference between the well-being of children whose fathers live with their mothers and those whose fathers do not live with their mothers. Children from large size home do not enjoy well-being as children from small size homes. Accordingly, parents should be concerned with the well- being of their children in their actions and inactions. Equally, large size family in terms of number of children should be discouraged progressively through public education that may take both formal and informal approaches, the later such as mass media, social media and government regulations. |
| Keywords: Family Structure, Children’s Well-Being, Feeding, Clothing, Rest, Recreation |
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