Running Head Push And Pull Factors Psychosocial Challenges

The study examines the push and pull factors, psychosocial challenges and coping mechanisms rnof housemaids in Woreda 09 area of Yeka Sub City in Addis Ababa. Woreda 9 was selectedrnbased on the researcher’s observation, interest and knowledge of the area. Housemaids, brokers, rnand government offices were the target population for the study. Finally, four hundred maids rnwere identified as the total number of maid workers based on the data from the eighty nine rnregistered agencies in the Woreda. 196 maids were selected as a final target using Krejcie and rnMorgan sampling formula. Offices of Woreda Women’s, Children and Youth Affairs and Labour rnand Social Affairs and two broker agencies were selected purposely as key informants. The rninstruments used to collect information were questionnaire, interview and focus group discussionrnguide. The instruments were reviewed by psychology and linguistic experts, pilot test was rnconducted, and content validity of coping measurement scale made and five psychology graduate rnstudents rated the relevance, clarity and comprehensiveness of the items. Cronbach's Alpha for rnthe adapted 16 item coping scale was .667. The researcher and other two trained data collectors rnparticipated in distributing and collecting the questionnaire. Among the 196 respondents rnintensive interview was conducted with 13 maids. Focus group discussion was also conducted rnconsisting of ten participants. The study used thematic analysis to organize the qualitative data rnand the quantitative data were coded and processed using Statistical Package for Social Science rn(SPSS) version 21.0 to compute descriptive statistics. Personal expectations and impression from rnreturnees (35 percent), teenager’s responsibility to support their parents by earning money (32 rnpercent), access to better education (19.6 percent), and limited job opportunities in a rural area rn(9.2 percent) remain the predominant pushing and pulling factors for adolescent girl’srnmovement. Maids faced emotional and moral abuses (64.7 percent), sexual harassment (11 rnpercent) and physical abuse (17.9 percent) at their workplace. Humiliations and abuse, disrespect rnand embarrassments affected maid’s psychological health. Maids used different methods to cope rntheir challenges and positive reappraisal, seeking social support and problem solving are the rnthree predominant methods of coping that the respondent maids used. In fact the problem is rnserious and that the attention given to the problem by different stakeholders is, on the whole, rnlimited. Hence, integrated effort of civil societies and government sectors is needed to minimize rnthe psycho social challenges of maids

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