| Abstract: | This study entitled ‘Dual Earners
Parents Marital Problems: The Case Of
Selected Families In Bole Sub
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City, was conducted in Addis Ababa city
administration, Bole sub
-
city. The main objective of the study was displaying
the ongoing difficulties or problems that could happen among two inco
me families
in which both husband and wife had a work outside home. From the selected
sub
-
city, one hundred samples were selected purposefully based on non
probability technique of sample selection. The researcher deliberately selected
those potential part
icipants who fulfill the pre set inclusion criteria and believed
to have sound knowledge and rich experience on the issues being investigated.
Also the absence of registered dual earner parents in the kebele certainly led the
researcher to use purposive sa
mpling to select deliberately.
In order to collect data from the respondents the researcher used
questioner, semi
-
structured interview, and documentary sources. This method of
data collection enabled the researcher to collect/gather both primary and
seco
ndary types of data. After gathered the necessary data, the data collected
was organized so that the researcher can assure the comphrensivenes of
respondents’ response. Finally the organized consistent data was analyzed in a
descriptive manner using both q
ualitative and quantitative methods.
The study implied that,
the problem of providing love and affection to the
child in the family of working mothers and father appears to be a major
challenge. In addition, the issue of decision making and power in dual
earning
families was not counted as a big challenge since both hausband and wives
engage equally in making decisions. |
