Causes Of Divorce And Its Effects On Childrens Wellbeing In Yeka Sub-city Addis Ababa

The main objective of this study was to assess the major causes of divorce and its effects onrnchildren’s wellbeing at Wereda 1 and Wereda 8, in Yeka sub-city. The negative impacts of divorcernon children wellbeing in terms of economic, social, psychological and emotional wererninvestigated through children questionnaire and interviewing their custodial parents. In thernprocess of selection of sampling sites and target population different sampling methods werernemployed. Random sampling was used to select sampling weredas and sub-city because all subcitiesrnand weredas are assumed to be having similar attribute in the case of divorce experience.rnWereda 1 & wereda 8 were taken randomly among 13 weredas of Yeka sub-city. The targetrnpopulation (parental divorced children including their custodies) was selected purposively andrnsnowballing sampling methods. To get the relevant data for this study the data obtained from bothrnprimary and secondary sources and employed both qualitative and quantitative research methods.rnQualitative approach enabled to deeply explore the topic and present the findings fromrnparticipant experiences and their perception. This approach hold in-depth interview (IDI), focusrngroup discussion (FGD), case history and key informant interview (KII) to collect the necessaryrndata from target population. To explore the actual experiences and perceptions of parentalrndivorced children the data was collected through quantitatively based on structuredrnquestionnaire. The result showed as many different and complex causes and reasons for divorce.rnGenerally, economic, social, psychological and emotional problems were taken as major causesrnof divorce. Failure of husbands’ giving money for household expenditure and the interest of arnmarriage partners to access and control over the other couple’s property could be mentionedrnamong economic causes of divorce. On regards to social cause of divorce, post-marriage livingrnarrangement and relative interference, family marital background, cultural and religiousrndifferences are the major one. From the psychological cause of divorce, high expectation aboutrnsocio-economic success and spouse’s behavior before entering in to marriage was mentioned as arncause of divorce. Some marriage partner had a rosy dream before marriage but they faced a hardrnreality after marriage Economic, social, psychological and emotional effects of divorce have arngreat impact on children’s wellbeing. Economically children are suffered from unable to getrnbasic needs like adequate food, clothing and educational support. Because some of the childrenrnunable to get alimony from non-custodial parents to cover basic expenses. The primary socialrneffect of divorce is included a decline of child-parent relationship, when children received lessrnattention and emotional support from parents. Academic performances and schooling quality alsornaffected because of parents’ divorce. Parental divorced children suffered from differentrnpsychological problems like: depress, upset, anger, frustration, loss of confidence, and generallyrnthey were not happy and dissatisfied with both parents’ support and care. Regardless of its wide range occurrence, divorce has not given attention by the nation and other concerned bodies.rnTherefore the society should prevent the prevalence of divorce and ensuring its proper adjustment through changing the social environment in connection to marriage stability.

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