Table of Content
Approval
Declaration .
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Dedication Hi
Acknowledgements iv
List of tables v
Table of Content vi
Chapter One 1
1.0 Back ground of the study
1.1 Historical perspective
1.2 Conceptual Perspective
1.3 Contextual perspective 2
1.4 Theoretical perspective 5
1.2 Statement of the problem 7
1.3 Purpose of the study 7
1.4 Research Objectives 7
1.5 Research questions 8
1.6 Scope of the study 8
1.6.1 Geographical scope 8
1.6.2 Time scope 8
1.7 Significance of the study 9
Chapter Two 10
Literature Review 10
2.1 Theoretical review 10
2.1.1 Domestic Violence 11
2.1.2 Child Welfare 12
2.2 Related Literature from other countries 15
2.3 Conceptual Framework 20
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Chapter Three .22
Methodology 22
3.0 Introduction 22
3.1 Research design 22
3.2 Sample Population of the study 22
3.3 Sampling methodology 23
3.3.1 Random sampling technique 23
3.3.2 Purposive sampling 24
3.4 Data sources 24
3.4.1 Primary Source of data 24
Chapter Four 25
Presentation of Findings 25
4.0 Response Rate 25
4.1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents 25
4.1.1 Sex of the respondents 25
4.2 To Determine the level of Domestic Violence in Nama Sub County 27
4.3 Challenges faced by children and women in families prone to domestic violence in Nama
Sub County 31
4.4 Possible solutions to the problem of domestic violence among children in Nama Sub County.
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4.5 Relationship between Domestic Violence and Child Welfare 33
Chapter five 35
Discussion, recommendations and conclusion 35
5.0 Introduction 35
5.1 Discussion 35
5.1.1 Demographic characteristics 35
5.1.1.1 Distribution of Respondents by Gender 35
5.1.1.2 Distribution of Respondents by Age 35
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5.1.1.3 Level ofeducation.35
5.1.1.4 Occupation of the respondents 35
5.1.2 Level of domestic violence in Katoogo Parish in Nama sub-county 36
5.5.2 Level of Service Delivery in Katoogo Nama Subcounty in Mukono District 37
5.1.3 Relationship between domestic violence and child welfare 37
5.2 Recommendations 37
5.3 Conclusions 38
5.4 Areas for further research 39
APPENDICES 43
APPENDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRE 43
Chapter One 1.0 Back ground of the study 1.1 Historical perspective Worldwide, domestic violence has been having an impact on child bringing. In most families, statistics show that about 42% homesteads are not stable due to domestic conflicts which has caused under development and poverty, (UNESCO, 2000).It is imperative to note that even Aids is spreading at a high rate due to domestic violence since married couples do not trust each other, however this has not been confirmed through research of which the study intends to assess. Domestic violence began long time ago but as the world becomes modernized; it is increasing day and night and it is therefore suspected to have an effect on child welfare. The coming of modernity has affected the community in such a way that it led to domestic violence in many families of the world especially in developing countries; (Uganda Media Centre, 2009).Femaies want to have equal rights with males in their homesteads and this is expected to be the major cause of domestic violence in forms of fighting between the couples, divorce and disrespect of one another, (Grote, et al 1998). 1.2 Conceptual Perspective Domestic violence refers to the violent acts inflicted on a person with in the familyjUK, 2008).Forms of domestic violence include physical abuse like wife battering, psychological or emotional abuse like denial of basic needs within the family. The causes of domestic violence include immediate causes such as alcoholism, stress, suspicions of infidelity and denial of sex, (Subramanian, 2000). Child welfare refers to the condition in which children live in, that is in terms of basic needs, food, shelter, clothing and medical care plus standards of living. It has been said that domestic violence makes children to suffer and live in bad conditions that may lead them to suffer from diseases such as malnutrition, kwashiorkor and even jiggers due to limited or no parental care from their parents which has affected child welfare terribly.