DUAL EARNERS PARENTS MARITAL PROBLEMS: THE CASE OF SELEC TED FAMILIES IN BOLE SUB - CITY ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA

Abstract

This study entitled ‘Dual Earners Parents Marital Problems: The Case Of Selected Families In Bole Sub - City, was conducted in Addis Ababa city administration, Bole sub - city. The main objective of the study was displaying the ongoing difficulties or problems that could happen among two inco me families in which both husband and wife had a work outside home. From the selected sub - city, one hundred samples were selected purposefully based on non probability technique of sample selection. The researcher deliberately selected those potential part icipants who fulfill the pre set inclusion criteria and believed to have sound knowledge and rich experience on the issues being investigated. Also the absence of registered dual earner parents in the kebele certainly led the researcher to use purposive sa mpling to select deliberately. In order to collect data from the respondents the researcher used questioner, semi - structured interview, and documentary sources. This method of data collection enabled the researcher to collect/gather both primary and seco ndary types of data. After gathered the necessary data, the data collected was organized so that the researcher can assure the comphrensivenes of respondents’ response. Finally the organized consistent data was analyzed in a descriptive manner using both q ualitative and quantitative methods. The study implied that, the problem of providing love and affection to the child in the family of working mothers and father appears to be a major challenge. In addition, the issue of decision making and power in dual earning families was not counted as a big challenge since both hausband and wives engage equally in making decisions.