Gender Inequality and the Status of Widows in Nigeria:

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dc.contributor.authorOlusakin, A.M
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T11:51:10Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T11:51:10Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractWidowhood is the state of being a widow. It is a tragedy which befalls married women by the death of their husbands. Although death is natural phenomenon which must occur at one point or the other. This paper seeks to examine the status of widows in Nigeria 240 Nigerians participated in the study (60 each randomly chosen from four states of the federation. Out of the 240 participants, 120 were men while 120 were women The results of the t-test showed that widowers are better treated by the society. There was a significant difference in the perception of the status of widows among men compared to women's perception (t=44.05;t crittcal = 3 29: df = 238; p .005). Some counselling implications of the status of widows in Nigeria were discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOlusakin, A. M. (1998). Gender Inequality and the Status of Widows in Nigeria: Implications for Counselling. Journal of Research in Counselling Psychology 1 (4) 99-105.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8390
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Research in Counselling Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectInequalityen_US
dc.subjectStatusen_US
dc.subjectWidowsen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectImplicationsen_US
dc.subjectCounsellingen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGIONen_US
dc.titleGender Inequality and the Status of Widows in Nigeria:en_US
dc.title.alternativeImplications for Counsellingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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