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Family Life of CLSU Married Students

Introduction

As the saying goes, education is the best foundation. It is obvious and we can say

that College education nowadays is a privilege. The reason for this is that going to

college is too costly at present times. But the cost of education is not only the problems

encountered by some students. Beside the financial problems, some circumstances lead

students to stop studying. Some of these were teacher expectancy and attitudes, declining

educational aspiration, drugs, pregnancy, and early marriage. Some students go back to

school when they already resolved their setbacks. Returning to the school arena sets new

challenges. I would like to focus on the students who married early. My concern is on

their family roles and on how they function both as family member and as a student.

While older married students do have more integrated roles and perform

somewhat better, closer examination of the data shows that role integration and academic

 performance are negatively related. Apparently the economy of sanctions resulting from

role integration leads to a selection process slightly adverse from the standpoint of 

academic ability. 1 

The results of the study of Meehan et al indicated that married students have

moderate difficulties adjusting to the demands of higher education relative to unmarrieds2students. Although social support from families and friends correlated with improved

adjustment to college, support from the students' spouses was not associated with

improved college adjustment even when the spouse was also a student. Married students

reported significantly high levels of marital distress on multiple relationship dimensions.

These findings underscore the importance of university counselors being prepared to help

couples adapt to these new roles and find constructive ways to manage and decrease

stress related to college attendance. Recommendations on how institutions can respond to

the unique needs of married undergraduate students are provided. 2

1 Role Relationships and Role Performance: The Male Married Student, Hepker, Wilma; Cloyd, Jerry S.

2 Undergraduate Students' Adaptation to College: Does Being Married Make a Difference?Journal of 

College Student Development,  Sep/Oct 2003 by Meehan, Dawna-Cricket-Martita,  Negy, Charles

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In other study, it was found that marital status was an important predictor of 

community college graduating Q.P.A. in the following programs of study: Business

Administration General, Business Administration Transfer, Executive Secretarial, and

 Nursing Education. Specifically, being a married woman appeared to place students in

these programs at an academic advantage. It is suggested that researchers should look 

more closely at what marriage does to enhance a student''s performance at the community

college level.3

It is in these reasons that the researcher decided to focus on the family life of 

CLSU married students. The study aims to describe the roles, living arrangement, sources

of daily expenditures, and problems that the married students usually encounter. The

initial phase of the study was a pretest using a snowball sampling technique. The said

undertaking is somewhat helpful in the identification of the variables that has to be

considered in the study.

Abstract

3 The influence of marriage on community college student achievement in specific programs of study, James P. Yess

 

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The study is about the Family Life of CLSU Married Students. A pretest was

conducted to verify reliability and validity of the prepared questionnaire. The initial

respondent of the said pretest is the cohabiting CLSU students. Snowball sampling was

utilized as a mean of locating respondents since there is no official record of cohabiting

students. With the pretest results, the researcher developed a questionnaire that will be

administered to the respondent of the study. 10 married students were chosen as the

respondent of the study. The result of the study showed that most of the respondent still

depends on their parents, in-laws, and some relatives for their daily expenses. Most of the

respondents still reside with their family. Majority of the respondents stated that

 pregnancy is their reason for marrying.

Theoretical Perspective

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Structural functionalism emphasizes the aspects of social institutions and behavior 

that are conducive to stability and order within society. Structural-functionalism drew its

inspiration primarily from the ideas of Emile Durkheim, Bronisław Malinowski and

Radcliffe-Brown. Durkheim was concerned with the question how societies maintain

internal stability and survive over time and the rendition of social roles. It is in this

 premise that I would like to know how married students function effectively and fulfill

their family role.

Methodology

Survey method and the interview technique will be utilized in this study as means

of data collection. The marital status of the student was indicated in their individual

 profile. The original plan on the way of identification of the respondents by getting the

list of married students in CLSU Registrar’s Office was not done. It is for the reason that

there is no official list of married student. For this reason, snow ball sampling technique

was utilized by the researcher. The researcher went to dormitories and ask the residents if 

they know someone who is already cohabiting and have already partners. This was done

for the pretest of the study. With the pretest’s respondents, the researcher then gets his

final respondents through asking on who among them were already married.

After the respondents accomplished the questionnaire, the researcher tabulated

their responses.

Objectives of the Study

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The study aims to know the Family Life of CLSU Married Students

Specifically, the study aims

1. To know the Socio-demographic characteristics of the CLSU Married Students

2. To know the living arrangement of the married students with their spouses,

children, parents, and in-laws

3. To know the contribution of the married students to the family expenses,

household chores, and taking care of their children

4. To know the problems encountered by the married students financially,

emotionally.

5. To know if the respondents have regrets with their married life.

Scope and Limitation of the Study

The study is limited only with the married students of CLSU. Since there is no

official count of how many married students CLSU has, the researcher relied only with

the responses of ten married students.