Assessment of the Knowledge of Mothers about Family Life Education of their Children in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Publication Date: 21/08/2020
Author(s): Abaribe Chidinma Emeka (RN, BNSc, MSc) , Somade Eunice Chinwe (RN, RM, RON, B.Sc. (Ed), BNSc, MSc).
Volume/Issue: Volume 3 , Issue 6 (2020)
Abstract:
Family life education is an organized effort to enrich and improve the quality of individual and family life by providing people with information, skills, experiences and resources intended to strengthen, improve, or enrich their family experience. This research work assessed the knowledge of mothers about family life education of their children in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. The study adopted a cross sectional descriptive survey. Three research questions and one hypothesis were generated, self-developed questionnaire was used to collect data from 183 mothers selected through stratified random sampling technique. Their responses were collated and analyzed using the SPSS version 22.0. Results showed 62.3% of the mothers had little knowledge about the content of family life education. This implies that mothers still have some factors hindering them from teaching family life education to their children. The hypothesis revealed that there is a significant difference between the mother’s knowledge and teaching of family life education with a p-value of 0.035. In conclusion, the mothers seem to have a fair knowledge of family life education but lack the skill to impart it.
