INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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Families form the basic units of every society. Both families and societies undergo various changes due to factors including modernization, which is characterized by urbanization and industrialization (Negash, 2006 & Shahzad et al. 2015). This study therefore examines the impacts of modernization on cultural values, socio-economic conditions, communication and education of families in the area of T/A Chimwala in Mangochi, Malawi. Basically this study focuses on addressing the gap by trying to tackle a number of crucial areas like; (1) To understand the difference between traditional and modern societies. (2) Effects of modernization on the social-cultural aspect of families (3) assess the measures that may safeguard the aspect of social-culture in families. This will be determined by the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods since it involves both in-depth non-numerical and numerical interpretation.
Based on secondary and primary data collected from 50 parents in T/A Chimwala by the use of questionnaires and interview schedule, the study demonstrates that the majority of the respondents generally agreed that modernization has affected the cultural values, socio-economic conditions, communication and education of the families. Thus, modernization has both opportunities and challenges to the socio-cultural lives of families in the study area. The results are presented and discussed in five sub-sections namely; demographic characteristics of respondents, effects of modernization on cultural values of the family, socio-economic conditions of families, family communication, and education of the family. Furthermore, the analysis of the background characteristics of the respondents is covering age, sex and educational level are presented in order to put the study into context.
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"ASSESSING ON THE “IMPACT OF MODERNIZATION ON SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF FAMILIES”, A CASE OF T/A CHIMWALA IN MANGOCHI", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.c534-c577, March-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2303267.pdf
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