ABSTRACT

This study investigated the effect of length of marriage on sources of marital problems among married female students of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State. The population of married female students was 145; the sample was 103 of married female students. Descriptive survey designed was used. A simple random sampling method was used to select the married female students from the targeted school. Six hypotheses were raised and tested using Chi-square for data analysis and some of the findings are: (1) There is significant effect of length of marriage on sources of marital problems involving religious understanding among married female students of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic in Birnin Kebbi. (2) There is no significant effect of length of marriage on sources of marital problems involving sexual relations among married female students of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic in Birnin Kebbi. Therefore, it was recommended that husbands should try not to use religion to restrict their wives in school activities among other things that married female students need is to be helped, counselled and assisted so as to overcome these problems. It is also recommended that counsellors should organize a program for married female students to lecture them on how to stay with their in-laws and also how to interact with them.