A Qualitative Study On Single Mothers Experience Of Raising Their Dependent Children A Case In Lideta Sub City Of Addis Ababa

This study is concerned with assessing single mother’s experience of raising theirrndependent children in Lideta sub city of Addis Ababa; Ethiopia. The objective of the study is tornfind out the experiences of single mothers in raising their children. The researcher has employedrnqualitative research methodology. The basic research question is; what are the experiences ofrnsingle mothers in Lideta sub-city, Addis Ababa’ in raising their dependent children? For thisrnpurpose, the data requirements for the study were collected from 11 single mothers and 11rnchildren of single mother families were selected by using snowball sampling technique.rnAltogether 22 semi-structured interviews were conducted for the analysis so as to collectrnrelevant data. The data collected were analyzed using thematic analysis or major idea analysis.rnThe findings from the study revealed that financial problem (difficulty for the mothers to meetrnthe basic needs of children and the family) and psychological challenges ( loneliness, helplessrnand hopeless ) were the main stressor for majority of the single mothers, while children ofrnsingle parents receive little support in their educational engagement form their mothers (thatrnhave a negative effect on their performance in school) and single mothers received limitedrnsupport from community, neighborhood , government and noon government organization. Thernstudy also suggests that there is an urgent need to recognize the unique challenges of both thernchildren of single mother families and their mothers (as compared to children of nuclearrnfamilies) and calls for multifaceted interventions by both government and nongovernmentalrnorganizations to help these groups of the society to cope-up with the psychological, financial andrnemotional problems

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