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Single Motherhood: Experiences of Never Married Women in Lagos, Nigeria
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Abstract Despite the benefits of marriage, there has been a rise in the number of single parent families, especially never married single mothers globally. This may bring about serious social problems as the consequences of children raised by single mother have been documented. Yet, little research has been ... view more
Despite the benefits of marriage, there has been a rise in the number of single parent families, especially never married single mothers globally. This may bring about serious social problems as the consequences of children raised by single mother have been documented. Yet, little research has been conducted to find out why there is increase in the number of never married single mothers. Therefore, this study investigated and described the experiences of women who were never married but are bearing children and raising those children as single mothers. The study adopted the qualitative research method, utilizing in-depth interviews to collect data from consenting participants. The study location was Iwaya, Lagos, Nigeria, and the participants were selected using snowball sampling technique. Forty never-married single mothers were sampled and interviewed using an in-depth interview guide. The data were transcribed and content analysed. Some of the perceived reasons for the rise in the number of never married single mother identified include family background, sexual abuse, age, careless sexual behaviour and non-use of contraceptives, personal preference and perceived economic benefits. There is the need to educate women on how to prevent sexual abuse and also on proper use of contraceptive for those who may want to engage in sexual intercourse, but may not be ready to get married.... view less
Keywords
Nigeria; motherhood; single parent; single parent family; socioeconomic factors; sex behavior; contraception; sexual abuse; West Africa
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 100-112
Journal
The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 17 (2019) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.36108/NJSA/9102/71(0270)
ISSN
0331-4111
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0