Socio Economic and Psychological Effect of High Conflict Divorce against Child Progress, Child Welfare Projects’ Beneficiaries in Gondar City in Focus

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to assess theSocio Economic and Psychological Effect of High Conflict Divorce against Child Progress, the Case of Child Welfare (et Projects) Beneficiaries, Gondar”.Mixed research approach was chosen to conduct the study which involved the collection and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data. The study employedcross-sectional type of study in view of time frame by which data were collected once at a certain specific point of time. A concurrent study design was used that helped to collect data concurrently in a given a priority. Population of the study were 753 child welfare projects’ beneficiary children and 3 project coordinators that totally accounted for 756in Gondar city. Hence, samples to the study were selected from the population of the study using purposive sampling technique regarding the coordinators by which all (3) were included in the sample; and 261 sample children were selected using simple random sampling technique. In order to efficiently accomplish data gathering task, the researcher discussed with the participants to arrange programs convenient to all. All participants were also provided with sufficient orientation. Data were collected using questionnaire and focus group discussion from the children and interview from the coordinators. Data wereanalyzed using both quantitative and qualitative analysis technique. The quantitative data were analyzed percentage analysis technique and the qualitative data were analyzed thematically in accordance with the objectives of the study. The findings obtained from the quantitative data all the social, economic and psychological variables studied in this study affect the progress of children from divorced parents. The findings obtained from the qualitative data were similarly found and indicated that the participant children felt affected due to the divorce of their parents and this was supported by the interviewees.