Causes and problems of women deserted by NRI husbands in Doaba region of Punjab
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2012
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PAU
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The present study was conducted to study the “Causes and Problems of Women Deserted by NRI husbands in Doaba region of Punjab”. Four districts of Doaba region i.e. Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawansahar) constituted the locale of study. Data were collected through Self Structured Interview Schedules, Socio Economic Status Scale was used to measure the SES and anxiety was tested by using Comprehensive Anxiety Test. The results revealed that majority (78.33%) of the respondents who were deserted by their NRI husbands belonged to the upper lower class and was only 26 – 30 years of age at the time of desertion. Data further shows that majority (75.00%) of respondent’s motive behind marrying to a NRI was their parents happiness whereas 71.67 per cent respondents wanted to live lavish life style abroad. In most of the respondent’s cases, hurried marriages with NRIs without verifying their antecedents was the major cause of desertion. Dowry was found to be another major cause of desertion with 91.67 per cent respondents. It is further evident from the results that among the total respondents majority faced social abuse (81.67%), economic abuse(78.33%), emotional abuse (76.67%), physical abuse (63.33%) and 13.33 per cent respondents faced sexual abuse by their husbands. Due to the desertion, respondent’s faced high level of anxiety (40.00%) whereas low level of anxiety was found among 28.33 per cent of respondents. The association between
socio economic status and anxiety was found to be non – significant (χ 2 = 1.723) however, the relation was found to be significant (r = 0.362) at 1 per cent level of significance. Finally, in-depth information in the form of case studies were also incorporated as one of the main objectives.
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Causes, Problems, Desertion, NRI’s