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Impact of Sharing of Couple in Decision Making on Family Life in Bangladesh

S. Parvin*
Department of Finance and Banking, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh

M. S. Hossain
Department of Marketing, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This study attempts to determine the percentage of husband and wife who involves in sharing decision jointly and individually. The field survey is conducted by personal interview with the 80 couples of different districts in Bangladesh. The information received are analysed by statistical techniques like mean, ratio, percentage etc. The study reveals that 60% couples share in decision making, 30% husband solely make decision beyond sharing wife and 10% wife solely make decision beyond sharing husband and the families of couple sharing decision(CSD), lonely husband decision (LHD) and lonely wife decision (LWD) are 100%, 71.83% and 22.17% happy, respectively, in their family lives. It is also found that 70.22% couple families are happy and 29.78% couple families are unhappy. This study limits that the survey had been made on existing couples.

Keywords: Couple, Decision, Family, Sharing

Location: In Bangladesh

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Impact, Decision, Couple

Objectives:

Decision-making shared by couples together produce full happiness in their family lives. The objectives of the study were: (i) To measure the impact of sharing of couple in decision making on family life. (ii) Measure the percentage of sharing decision by husband and wife.

Methodology:

This study was descriptive in manner. This study was performed on 80 couples which was the sample size. The primary data are collected by personal interview by applying simple random sampling technique on the attributes that were designed on the attributes namely educated, uneducated, young, adult, rich and poor couples. The secondary data were taken from journals, books etc. The criteria of sharing in decision making were on three phenomenons namely CSD LHD and LWD. The attributes and phenomenons are mixed in happy family life (H) and unhappy family life (U). The data were analysed by mean, percentage to get out the findings.

This focused on the couple families in where husband and wife were alive. The ratios of CSD, LHD and LWD between educated couples and uneducated couples were 28: 20, 9:15 and 3:5, between rich couples and poor couples were 21:27, 14:10 and 5:3 and between young couple and adult couple were 21:27, 14:10 and 5:3 respectively. In table 3, it was presented that in CSD all six attributes of couples were 100% happy in their family lives, in LHD, on an average 71.83% couples were happy and 28.17% were unhappy in their family lives in which 89% educated couples, 60% uneducated couples, 71% rich couples, 70% poor couples, 71% young couples and 70% adult couples were happy in their family lives and in LWD , on an average 22.17% couples were happy and 77.83% were unhappy in their family lives in which 0% educated couples, 40% uneducated couples, 40% rich couples, 0% poor couples, 20% young couples and 33% adult couples were happy in their family lives. In table 4, it was illustrated that average percentage based on CSD, LHD and LWD, on an average 70.22% couples were happy and 29.78% couples were unhappy in their family lives in Bangladesh in where 96.33% educated couples, 66.67% uneducated couples, 70.33% rich couples, 56.67 % poor couples, 63.67 % young couples and 67.67% adult couples were happy in their family lives.

Source of Information: Journal of Science and Technology 11(June 2013): 181-183

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Achievement/Findings:

When couples begin to move toward equality, they must directly challenge the attitude and institutions that put power differentials into place, and most critically examine what seems natural and customary in intimate partnership (Knudson and Mahoney, 1998). It can be imagined the complete couple family life beyond husband and wife. More the participation of both husband and wife involves in decision making, more the happiness of couple family rises. In the CSD, the educated couples are the highest position over other attributes of couples in ratio. On average, educated couples are happier in their family lives in Bangladesh as education creates carefulness.

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