Index

Families in Nigeria: Understanding Their Diversity, Adaptability, and Strengths

ISBN: 978-1-80262-544-8, eISBN: 978-1-80262-543-1

ISSN: 1530-3535

Publication date: 24 March 2022

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(2022), "Index", Fawole, O.A. and Blair, S.L. (Ed.) Families in Nigeria: Understanding Their Diversity, Adaptability, and Strengths (Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, Vol. 18), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 165-173. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1530-353520220000018013

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Copyright © 2022 Olufemi Adeniyi Fawole and Sampson Lee Blair


INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate endnotes.

Absentee spouse phenomenon
, 105

Abusive behaviors
, 124

Academic performances of young adults
, 115, 117

Acid baths
, 18

Acquaintance violence
, 18

Added-worker effect hypothesis
, 77

Addictiveness of social networks
, 58

Ado Ekiti
, 131

married couples in
, 130

Adolescents
, 89

effects or consequences of psychoactive substance use
, 93–94

examples of psychoactive substances commonly used by Nigerian
, 90–92

factors influence use of psychoactive substances by
, 92–93

psychoactive substances use by
, 88

Age

as factor in sexual intimacy
, 155

family planning method increases with
, 3

influence attitude of women toward family planning
, 8–9

intimacy and
, 153

logit model with
, 74

marrriagebale
, 102

social media influence on marital stability based on age
, 63, 65

Aggression
, 21

Aggressive behaviors
, 114

Ahmadi
, 104

Alarina-middle man
, 102

Alcohol
, 88

disorder
, 90

leads to adolescent behavioral misconduct and health problems
, 89

negative impact of
, 95

used by Nigerian adolescents
, 90

Alleviation of income poverty
, 70

Amphetamines
, 88

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
, 61, 117, 142, 143

Androids
, 57

Anxiety
, 114

Assaults
, 138

Autoregressive distributive lags (ARDL)
, 74

bound co-integration test result
, 79

estimated short-run ECM using
, 80

Battered Men Survey
, 139

Battering. See Spousal abuse

Birth control
, 2, 4

Blackberry
, 57

Blogs
, 57

Blood-borne diseases
, 92

Breastfeeding method of family planning
, 7

Bride price-related violence
, 18

Caffeine
, 88

Cannabis/Marijuana
, 91–92

Catholicism
, 11

Catholics
, 11

Centre for Health Ethics Law and Development (CHELD)
, 20, 22

Ceteris paribus
, 78

Child/children

coping behavior
, 116

exposure to violence
, 114

in family
, 18

family in child’s education
, 115

home conflict on
, 116

socialization variances
, 100

strategies for child survival
, 2

Childbearing
, 100

Childcare
, 46

Cocaine
, 88, 92

Coerced reproduction
, 24

Cognitive-contextual paradigm
, 116

Colonialism
, 100

Communication
, 57

barriers
, 56

media
, 56

between peer and antisocial behavior of young adults
, 119

Companionship
, 152

Condoms
, 5

Conflict
, 114

in home
, 115

home–work
, 52

work–family
, 48

Conjugal formation
, 100

Contraception
, 5

Contraceptive method
, 3

of family planning
, 10

Contraceptive use
, 5

in Sub-Saharan Africa
, 3

Controlling behavior
, 129

Coping behaviors
, 117

Couples
, 128

challenge of successful couple sexual style
, 156–157

Courtship violence
, 18

Cronbach’s alpha coefficient
, 32

Culture/cultural
, 10–11

division of labor
, 30

notions
, 22–23

Death of partner
, 107

Decision Rule
, 132

Demographic and Health Survey
, 8

Demographic high-risk pregnancies
, 8

Depression
, 114

Descriptive cross-sectional survey method
, 117

Descriptive survey method
, 130, 158

Desertion
, 107

Deviant behaviors
, 124

Diagnostic test
, 80–81

Diaphragm
, 5

Digital tools
, 57

Direct understanding of social action
, 5

Divorce
, 106–107

Domestic abuse. See Spousal abuse

Domestic credit
, 76

Domestic violence
, 124, 126, 138

factors contribute to
, 129–130

in home
, 115

Domestic violence against men
, 138

in Kenya
, 139–140

in UK
, 139

Duncan multiple range test (DMRT)
, 63–64, 144–145

Dynamics
, 100

family
, 100, 108

nature of marriage and family formation in Nigeria
, 102

Ecological model
, 26

Economic abuse
, 115

against women
, 25

Economic deprivation
, 18, 124

Economic shocks
, 70

Education[al]
, 103

attainment
, 154–155

family in child
, 115

influence attitude of women toward family planning
, 9

support
, 115

Emotion-focused strategies
, 117

Emotional abuse
, 126, 129, 132

Emotional abusers
, 129

Emotional actions
, 6

Emotional and psychological violence
, 18

Emotional violence
, 127

Emotional-focused strategies
, 117

Emotionally abusive behaviors
, 129

Employee
, 47

Endogamous marriage
, 103

Error correction model (ECM)
, 74

Except growth in gross domestic product [GDPgr]
, 78

Explanatory understandings of social action
, 5

Extended family structures
, 100, 101

Extra marital affairs
, 157

F-ratio
, 145

F-statistics
, 80

Facebook
, 57, 59, 102

Facebook Messenger
, 57

Family
, 18, 47, 60, 109, 114

causes of single parenting
, 106–108

changes
, 100

in child’s education
, 115

critical refelction
, 108–110

emerging structures in
, 106

family–friendly working practice
, 51

homosexual families in Nigeria
, 108

indigenous family structures
, 100–105

institution
, 101

institution in Nigeria
, 104

single parenting
, 106

spousal abuse effects on
, 29

structures
, 100

violence
, 138

Family planning
, 2, 4

conceptualizing family planning and contraceptives
, 4

contraceptive use
, 5

factors influence attitude of women toward family planning in Nigeria
, 8–10

importance of
, 6–8

in Nigeria
, 2–4

social action theory
, 5–6

socioeconomic factors
, 10–11

theoretical approach
, 5

Federal Office of Statistics
, 75

Female

economic productivity
, 70

Nigeria economic growth improves
, 81

participation
, 74

in small and medium enterprises
, 75

sterilization
, 5

Female education (FEDU)
, 76, 77, 78

Female genital mutilation (FGM)
, 20, 21, 23

Female labor force participation (FLFP)
, 71, 73–74, 76

GDP growth rate effect on
, 74

income inequality impact on
, 76

in India
, 74

male and female unemployment influence
, 81

in rural sector of Nigeria
, 75

Female unemployment (FU)
, 78, 81

“Feminization of poverty”
, 70

Fertility (FER)
, 8, 78

proximate determinants of
, 5

Focus group discussion (FGD)
, 32

causes of spousal abuse in study area
, 35–37

presentation of responses of respondents on key issues of study
, 34–35

problems of spousal abuse affect family stability
, 38–39

Functional relationship
, 32

Gaslighting
, 129

Gender

bias
, 20

differences in non-verbal behavior
, 154

discrimination
, 48

inequality at work
, 48

perspective of labor participation in Nigeria
, 71–72

ratio in labor participation
, 78

Girls education
, 77

Global Health Science and Practice (GHSP)
, 7

“Good quality parenting”
, 114

Google talk
, 57

Google+ Messenger
, 57

Health influence attitude of women toward family planning
, 9–10

Heroin
, 88

Heteroscedasticity test
, 80–81

HIV/AIDS
, 9, 90

family planning prevents transmission
, 8

Home conflict
, 114

on children
, 116

within family
, 115

lower self-esteem
, 119–120

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
, 116–117

methodology
, 117

research hypothesis
, 115

results
, 117

test of hypothesis
, 117–119

theoretical framework
, 116

Home–work conflict
, 52

Homicide
, 138

Homosexual family
, 105

in Nigeria
, 108

Homosexuality
, 102–103, 108

Household income (HIPC)
, 78

Household poverty in South West Nigeria
, 75

Human Development Indicator
, 73

Human poverty index
, 73

Human poverty indicator
, 73

Human right
, 7

Human Rights Watch Reports
, 28

Husband battering
, 138

domestic violence against men
, 138–140, 145–146

hypotheses testing
, 143

methods
, 141–142

prevalence of domestic violence against men
, 146–147

results
, 142–143

social learning theory
, 140–141

Illegal drugs
, 88

Ilorin Metropolis
, 60–61

influence of social media on marital stability of married adults in
, 61–64

social media influence on marital stability of married adults
, 64–65

Inadequate family planning strategies
, 2

Income

inadequacies in Nigeria
, 70

inequality impact on FLFP
, 76

Indigenous family structures
, 100

changing pattern of family formation and structure
, 101–105

extended family structures
, 101

nuclear family structures
, 101

Industrialization
, 101–102, 105

Inequality

biased against women
, 78

profile of Nigeria
, 70–71

Infertility management
, 4

Infidelity
, 124, 125

Information and communication technology
, 56

Information sharing
, 56

Injections
, 5

Instagram
, 59

Instrumental rational action
, 6

“Intention”
, 21

Intergenerational transmission of violence
, 140

Internet
, 56, 58

Interpersonal media
, 56

Intimacy
, 153

Intimacy style preference of married adults

challenge of successful couple sexual style
, 156–157

educational attainment
, 154–155

findings
, 160

hypothesis testing
, 160

implication of findings for counseling practice
, 161

methodology
, 158

objective of study
, 158

results
, 158–160

sexual intimacy styles
, 153–154

statement of problem
, 157–158

Intimate partner abuse or violence. See Spousal abuse

Intimate partner violence
, 138

Intrauterine devices (IUDs)
, 5, 10

iPhone
, 57

Istanbul Convention
, 23

Kwara State, married couples population in
, 61

Labor participation

gender ratio in
, 78

in Nigeria
, 71–72

Lactation amenorrhea method (LAM)
, 7

Life experiences
, 103

Likelihood of psychoactive substance use
, 93

Literate married adults in Kwara State
, 140

Logit model
, 74

Love
, 152

“Loving monogamy”
, 125

Low self-esteem
, 114

Male

sterilization
, 5

violence against women
, 21

“Male occupation”
, 72

Male unemployment (MU)
, 78, 81

Manual labor
, 101

Marijuana
, 88

Marital dissolution
, 157

Marital home conflict
, 115

Marital infidelity
, 125

aim of study
, 125

domestic violence in Nigeria
, 124

factors contribute to domestic violence and
, 129–130

findings
, 132–133

forms of violence
, 126–129

literature review
, 125

method
, 130

research design
, 130

results
, 131–132

study population
, 130

Marital insatiability
, 124

Marital longevity
, 156

Marital quality
, 156

Marital rape
, 24, 130

Marital relationship
, 100

Marital stability
, 58–59

Marriage
, 101–102, 109, 152

endogamous
, 103

institution of
, 128

length of
, 156

sexual intimacy in
, 153

traditional form of
, 155

Married adults

in Ilorin metropolis
, 65

literate married adults in Kwara State
, 140–146

in Nigeria and Ghana
, 160

responsibilities
, 161

sexual intimacy style preference of
, 158–160

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
, 116–117

Media, online forms of
, 56

Men, domestic violence against
, 138

in Kenya
, 139

in UK
, 139

Mental illnesses
, 129, 132

Messenger
, 57

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
, 2

Mobile devices
, 59

Moderating variables
, 139

Modern contraceptives
, 5

Morbidity
, 2, 8

Mortality
, 2, 8

Motherhood
, 2

Multidimensional poverty
, 70

Mutual relationships
, 125

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
, 88

National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
, 4

Nicotine
, 88, 91

Nigeria

age
, 8–9

ARDL bound co-integration test result
, 79

characterized by sexual division of labor
, 47

critical refelction on impact of economic and socio-cultural changes
, 108–110

cultures in
, 101

description of variables and priori expectation
, 77–78

diagnostic test
, 80–81

domestic violence in
, 124

economic strength of individuals affects family formation in
, 103

education
, 9

factors influence attitude of women toward family planning in
, 8

family institution in
, 104

family planning in
, 2–4

findings
, 81–82

gender perspective of labor participation in
, 71–72

health
, 9–10

homosexual families in
, 108

homosexuality in
, 102–103

indigenous family structures in
, 100

literature review
, 73–76

marriage and family formation in
, 102

methodology
, 76

model specification
, 76

poverty and inequality profile of
, 70–71

results
, 78

short-run estimates
, 79–80

statement of problems
, 72–73

unit root test result
, 78–79

Nigerian Television Authority
, 127

Nigerian violence against persons [prohibition] act [2015]
, 20

Nigerian women
, 70

Non-consensual sexual intercourse. See Marital rape

Non-marital relationship
, 100

Non-reciprocal violence
, 124

Nuclear family structures
, 100, 101, 104

Officework
, 48

Oloriburuku
, 146

Oral contraceptives
, 5

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
, 73

Paid employment for women
, 46

Pain medicines
, 88

“Parent”
, 47

Parental involvement
, 115

Parenting
, 114

Part-time job option for working mothers
, 47

Part-time workers
, 51

Partner violence
, 124

Pearson’s moment correlation
, 117

Personal factors
, 104

Personality
, 22

Physical abuse
, 2, 129, 242

against women
, 22

Physical assault
, 124

Physical violence
, 40, 124, 126, 138

Population
, 78

Poverty
, 70, 73

alleviation of income
, 70

and women disengagement
, 70

family planning helps reducing
, 7

feminization of
, 70

FLFP
, 76, 79

household
, 75, 77

in Nigeria
, 70–71

in Sub-Saharan countries
, 73

increase in fertility and
, 81

indicators
, 10

indices
, 73

influences child mortality
, 10

leads to violence in families
, 36

low GDP growth rate and
, 77

multidimensional
, 70

of Nigeria
, 70–71

sustainable poverty reduction
, 78

unemployment as index for
, 81

women in reducing
, 74

Pre-conception counseling
, 4

“Preferred Sexual Style Inventory”
, 158

Prevalence of domestic violence against men
, 138–140, 146–147

Prevalence of Domestic Violence against Men Questionnaire (PDV MQ)
, 141–142

Problem-strategies
, 117

Psychoactive substance
, 88

commonly used by Nigerian adolescents
, 90–92

effects or consequences of use
, 93–94

factors influence use of psychoactive substances by adolescents
, 92–93

types
, 89

use by adolescents
, 88

Psychological abuse
, 22, 115

of women
, 23

Psychological needs
, 116, 154

Psychological violence
, 23

Purposive sampling
, 60

Quality of working life
, 48

Questionnaires
, 131, 158

Rape
, 18, 124, 127–128, 138

Reciprocal violence
, 124

Recreational variances
, 100

Regression models
, 32

Relationship

marital
, 100

mutual
, 125

non-marital
, 100

regular coital
, 102

same-sex intimate
, 108

sexual
, 102

social
, 102

Religion
, 11

Religiosity
, 155

Remittances
, 76

Reproductive coercion
, 24

Reproductive revolution
, 8

Self-actualization of person
, 116

Self-esteem needs
, 116

Self-structured questionnaire
, 31

Separation
, 107, 157

Sex
, 152

Sexual abuse
, 22, 23–24, 130

Sexual assault
, 127–128

Sexual behavior
, 153

communication styles and
, 157–158

Sexual dissatisfaction
, 157, 161

Sexual division of labor
, 155

Sexual education prevention
, 4

Sexual gratification
, 152

Sexual harassment
, 18, 48, 124, 127

Sexual humiliation
, 24

Sexual intimacy
, 153–154, 157

African study
, 154

dissatisfaction with
, 156

sexual intimacy style preference of married adult in Ghana
, 159

sexual intimacy style preference of married adult in Nigeria
, 159

Sexual satisfaction
, 152

Sexual styles of couples
, 156

Sexual violence
, 18, 126, 127, 129–130

Sexuality
, 21, 110, 152–153

Sexually transmitted diseases management
, 4

Short-run estimates
, 79–80

Single parenthood
, 106

Single parenting
, 106

causes of
, 106–108

Smoking cannabis
, 91

Social abuse
, 115

Social acceptability of violence
, 27–28

Social action theory
, 5–6

Social changes
, 100, 101

“Social forces”
, 30

Social institution
, 19

Social learning theory
, 140–141

Social media
, 56–57, 102

influence on marital stability of married adults
, 64–65

methods
, 60–61

problem statement
, 59–60

results
, 61–64

Social networking sites (SNS)
, 56–58

Socialization process
, 103

Society
, 155

Socio-cultural diversity
, 100

Socio-economic phenomena
, 103

Socioeconomic factors
, 3, 10–11

Spousal abuse
, 18, 19–22, 124, 138

causes of
, 25–28

effects on family
, 29

family stability
, 19

and family stability
, 29–30

findings
, 40

forms of
, 22–25

hypothesis
, 39–40

literature review
, 19

method
, 31–39

objectives of study
, 19

perception
, 22

statement of research problem
, 18–19

theoretical framework
, 30–31

Spousal battery
, 138

Spousal rape
, 18

Spousal sexual intercourse. See Marital rape

Spousal violence
, 20

Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS)
, 117

Stress
, 31

Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP)
, 75

“Successful manhood”
, 31

t-test
, 143

Taro Yamane formula
, 117

Technology
, 56

Tenderness
, 152

Tobacco
, 91

Total unemployment (TU)
, 78, 81

Traditional contraceptives
, 5

Traditional gender ideologies
, 46

Traditional marriage institutions
, 100

Traditional socialization process
, 106

Traditional values
, 10

Twitter
, 57, 59, 102

U-shape curve
, 75

U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
, 8

“Undernutrition”
, 7

Unemployment
, 77, 82

Unit root test result
, 78–79

United Arab Emirate (UAE)
, 27

United Nation Millennium development goals
, 7

United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF)
, 2, 23

United Nations Children’s Fund and International Rescue Committees
, 138

United Nations Fund for Population Agency (UNFPA)
, 2

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
, 88

United Nations Organization (UNO)
, 24

United States Centre for Disease Control
, 124

Unwanted pregnancy
, 107

US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)
, 4

Value rational action
, 6

Vasectomy
, 10

Verbal violence
, 18

Victim blaming
, 28

Victims of domestic violence
, 130

Victorian Injury Surveillance System (VISS)
, 139

Violence, 21, 126. See also Domestic violence

children’s exposure to
, 114

within family
, 124

forms of
, 126–129

intergenerational transmission of
, 140

against women
, 20, 27

women and
, 130

Violent behavior
, 141

Wage-paying economy
, 105

Widow dehumanization
, 18

Wife abandonment
, 18

Wife battering/torture
, 18, 124, 127

Wikis
, 57

Women
, 46, 70

appropriate roles for
, 46

asset approach
, 75

aware of family planning services
, 2–3

believe intimacy
, 154

contraceptive knowledge and practices
, 3–4

dual responsibilities of
, 48

economic abuse against women
, 25

economic engagement
, 70

engagement in paid job
, 73

inequality biased against women
, 78

perception in economy
, 72

physical abuse against
, 22

psychological abuse of
, 23

sexual abuse against women
, 24

socioeconomic progress of
, 10

toward family planning in Nigeria
, 8–10

and violence
, 130

violence against women
, 27

Work
, 46

Work force
, 46

“Worker”
, 47

Work–family balance (WFB)
, 47

Work–family conflict
, 48

Work–family interference
, 48

Work–family policies
, 47

Working mothers

dual responsibilities for
, 46

family–friendly working practice
, 51

interferences between work and family
, 48

methodology
, 49

part-time job option for
, 47

pregnancy and care for young children
, 46

results
, 49–50

testing of hypotheses
, 50

World Health Organization (WHO)
, 2, 23, 88, 124

Yahoo Messenger
, 57

Yan Daudu
, 108

Yoruba people
, 102, 107

Yoruba women
, 155

Young adults

academic performances of
, 117

communication between peer and antisocial behavior of
, 119

marital home conflict affected
, 115