Exploring the quality of life of single mothers: The case of Marondera Town, Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorMunzara, Memory
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-26T12:30:31Z
dc.date.available2025-06-26T12:30:31Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.descriptionMasters Theses
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the study was to explore the quality of life of single mothers in Marondera town. The study intended to achieve the following objectives: (i) determine the extent to which single mothers were satisfied with their lives (ii) investigate the challenges that single mothers' experience (iii) examine the coping mechanisms adopted by single mothers in the face of challenges (iv) investigate any form of support that single mothers' access from any quarter/stakeholder. Using the quantitative method, one hundred and ninety-nine questionnaires were administered to single mothers in Marondera town and 186 were returned fully answered. The major findings of this study outlined that financial challenge is one of the greatest problems that single mothers face, which in turn affects other areas of their lives and that of their children.
dc.identifier.citationMunzara,M.(2014).Exploring the quality of life of single mothers: The case of Marondera Town, Zimbabwe.Alice.University of Fort Hare.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/2928
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hare
dc.relation.ispartofseriesN/A
dc.subjectSocial Work
dc.subjectDevelopment
dc.titleExploring the quality of life of single mothers: The case of Marondera Town, Zimbabwe
dc.typeThesis

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