Abstract
The purpose of the study was to find out the attitude and belief of ever-married people towards child adoption in Uzo-Uwani L.G.A. of Enugu State. To achieve the purpose of this study, twelve specific objectives with the corresponding research questions were posed and six null hypotheses postulated. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population for the study was 8585 ever-married people. Multi-sampling procedures was used to draw a sample of 450 ever-married people for the study. The instrument used for the data collection was the 23 item researcher design questionnaire called “Attitude and belief of ever-married toward child adoption questionnaire (ABEMTCAQ). The research questions were answered using mean while t-test and Anova was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The following results were obtained; Ever-married people had positive attitude towards adopted child (x = 2.76 = 2.50) but they had negative attitude towards adoptive parents and adoptive process (x = 2.37 < 2.50). Ever-married people also showed negative belief about adopted child adoptive parent but they had positive belief about adoption process (2.83). Male and female ever-married people had positive attitude towards adopted child (male x – 2.81 > 2.50) (female x = 2.66 > 2.50) but they have negative attitude towards adoptive parents. Male (x = 2.36) female (x = 2.38) ever married had negative attitude toward adoptive process male (2.43) female (2.44). Ever-married people of no formal education (x = 2.49) had negative attitude toward adopted child while those of primary (x = 2.83) secondary (x = 2.98) and tertiary (x = 3.01) had positive attitude toward adopted child. Ever-married people of no formal education (x = 2.50) had positive attitude toward adoptive parents while those of primary (x = 2.29), secondary (x = 2.24) and tertiary (x = 2.37) had negative attitude toward adoptive parent. Attitude of ever-married people towards adoption process for those of tertiary education (x = 2.52) was positive and negative for those of no formal, primary and secondary education. Attitude of Ever-married people of Christian religion (x = 2.35), Islamic (x = 2.16) and Tradition (x = 2.43) religion was negative toward adopted child, adoptive parent and adoption process. Ever-married male and female belief about adopted child (male = x = 2.35) (female x = 2.39) and adoptive parent (male x = 2.40), female (x = 2.32) was negative while their belief about adoption process was positive (male x 2.96), female (x = 2.43), Ever married people of primary (x = 2.21) secondary (x = 2.41) and tertiary (x = 2.33) had negative belief about adopted child and adoptive parent. Ever-married people’s belief about adopted child was positive for those of no formal (x = 2.71) primary (x = 2.83) secondary (x = 2.90) and tertiary (x = 2.99). The belief of ever-married people about adopted child and adoptive parent was negative for those Christians, Islamic and Traditional religion but their belief about adoptive process was positive. There was no significant difference in the attitude and belief of ever-married male and female toward adopted child, adoptive parent and adoptive process. There was significant difference in the attitude and belief of ever-married people about adopted child, adoptive parent and adoption process based on level of education. There was significant difference in the attitude of ever-married people toward adopted child, adoptive parent and adoption process based on religious affiliation. There was no significant difference in the belief of ever-married people about adopted child, adoptive parent and adoption process based on religion affiliation.
| Project details | Contents |
|---|---|
| Number of Pages | 95 pages |
| Chapter one | Introduction |
| Chapter two | Literature review |
| Chapter three | methodology |
| Chapter four | Data analysis |
| Chapter five | Summary,discussion & recommendations |
| Reference | Reference |
| Questionnaire | Questionnaire |
| Appendix | Appendix |
| Chapter summary | 1 to 5 chapters |
| Available document | PDF and MS-word format |
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