1Department of Science Education/Curriculum Development and Instructional Material Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2Department of Home Economics, School of Vocational Technical Education, College of Education, Afaha NSIT
The Population of Nigeria shows that there are more women than men in the country. It was on this premise that the study was carried out to determine the number of women in public employment, their distribution and impact on the family growth and development. Three research questions guided the study. A total of 2342 respondents constituted the sample of the study. The descriptive survey design was applied in caring out the study. This was to obtained information on the distribution of women in the different professions considered in this study and its impact on the family growth and development. Two researcher made instruments: Professional distribution of women and impact of women on family growth and development were used for data collection. The data were analysed using frequency and percentages. The instruments were validated by an expert in measurements and evaluation, two experts in physics education and two experts in vocational education. The reliability of the instruments was 0.83 and 0.87 respectively. The result of the study revealed that, women were the minorities in all the professions under the study, there was low impact of women on family growth and development and there was urgent need to encourage women to take up paid employment. The implication of the findings of this study is that, the low population of women in all the sectors can have negative impact on the family growth and development. Based on the result of the study, it was suggested that the society should embark on mass mobilization of women to take up paid employment and contribute to both the society and family growth and development.
MDG, Gender Science, Development
