Single Motherhood: Experiences of Never Married Women in Lagos, Nigeria

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 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 t

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology ; 17 (2019) 2 ; 100-112

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2019
• Creator: Adejoh, Samuel Ojima ; Kuteyi, Raymond Kayode ; Ogunsola, Victor ; Adeoye, Temilade Adeyinka

Further information

• DOI: 10.36108/NJSA/9102/71(0270)
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-68986-4
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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