Role of Age, Education and Marital Status on Family environment among adults

Abstract

Background- Families are the main social group in which people discover their sense of self and drive to survive. The term "family" refers to a group of people who are related through marriage, blood relations, or adoption. The family members live under the same roof as one another and share a same environment. They engage and communicate as a group when playing roles such as a husband and wife, mother and father, son or daughter, etc. Even though the connections between people, families, societies, cultures, and civilizations are complicated and changeable, this unit shares several traits with all societies.
Aim & Objective-To see the effect of age, education and marital status on family environment among adults.
Material and method- Total 100 adult participants, age 18 to 60 years (mean age 32.84 and SD 8.27) were taken through purposive sampling. They were compared with age, education and marital status. Tools included a personal data sheet, which was used to collect socio-demographic information and personal data pertinent to the current situation, including name, age, gender, education, occupation, marital status, religion, place of residence, family type, family size, and family environment scale.
Result- family environment was assessed in 8 different areas of adult participants. It was found that difference observed on the basis of education in two dimension- Relationship dimension (conflict) and Personal growth dimension (reactive-recreational orientation) low score of graduate participants indicates that they are not expressive and low in personal growth as compare to post graduate participants. Difference was also observed in married and single participants in relationship dimension (Cohesion, expressiveness and conflict). Findings suggests that single has highly cohesive and expressive as compared to married participants and married Has high conflict as compared to single. Findings also suggests that participants having age between 18 to 30 years highly expressive as compare to age range of 31 to 60 years.
Conclusion- It can be concluded that age, education and marital status may affects person’s relationship and personal growth.