Family Factors Influencing Work-Family Conflict Among Married Women Medical Professionals in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study investigated the family factors influencing work-family conflict among women Medical professionals in Obio-Akpor, Rivers State. A sample of 1,007 married women Medical professionals (Medical Doctors, 459; Nurses, 477; Pharmacists, 48; Medical Laboratory Scientists, 23) was used for the study. Stratified sampling technique was used to compose the sample. Four research questions were answered and four hypotheses were tested in the study at 0.05 level of significance. The instrument used for data collection was “Work-Family Conflict Scale” (WFCS). The instrument was validated by experts in Educational Psychology, Measurement and Evaluation. The reliability of the instrument was established using test-retest via Pearson product moment correlation. The correlation coefficient obtained was 0.61. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while ANOVA and t-test were used to test the null hypotheses. It was found that family size, family structure, occupational status as well as family income significantly influenced work-family conflict of married women professionals. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that married women professionals should be helped by counsellors through seminars and workshops in identifying various sources of work-family conflict to which families are susceptible.

Keywords: Family factors, Work-family conflict, Married Women Medical Professionals.