Perceptions Of Unmarried Married And Divorced People Towards In-laws And Perceived Features Of Their Relationships The Case Of Residents In Balderas Condominium Yeka Sub-city Addis Ababa

The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of unmarried, married and divorcedrnpeople and gender differences towards in-laws and determine perceived features of couplesin-rnlaws relationships. Descriptive survey method was employed as a research design. A totalrnof 337 respondents were selected using systematic random sampling techniques from amongrn1805 residents in Balderas condominium site at A.A. Self-administered structuredrnquestionnaire was developed for data based on five variables closeness, care and support,rnemotional attachment, interference and perception. Data were analyzed using bothrndescriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation and percentages) and inferentialrnstatistics (independent sample t-test, one sample t-test and one way ANOVA). Results showedrnthat participants tended to have unfavorable perception towards in-laws without significantrngender difference, contrary to the assumption that these groups would have different feeling.rnLikewise features of relationships with their in-laws, on closeness and emotional attachmentrnresults showed statistically significant difference only between married and unmarriedrnparticipants. On other variables no difference was observed across the groups. Suchrnconvergence on perceptions and existing types of relationship might explain the lion sharernsocio demographic characteristics of participants have in defining their perception andrnexhibited features of relationship as most of the participants happened to be well educatedrnmiddle class groups.

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