Civil Service Work and Its Impact on The Religious and Sexual Life of Christian Women in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the “Civil Service Work and its Impact on the Spiritual and Sexual Life of Christian Women in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria”. In an attempt to solve the problem, the study has two objectives from which the research questions and hypotheses were formed. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was two hundred and sixteen thousand, eight hundred and twenty-nine (216,829). Seven hundred and eighty-two (782) respondents were sampled to represent the entire population. Seven hundred and sixty-four (764) copies of questionnaire were retrieved.The study employed both descriptive and inferential statistics. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistics such as means and standard deviation. The t-test for independent samples was used to test the null hypotheses. All the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 levels of significance. The study found that as a result of demands from office, Christian women who are civil servants have less or no time for family devotion, personal quite-time, evangelism, choir practices, women fellowship and visitation. The study also found that most Christian men whose wives are civil servants do not get sexual satisfaction from their wives as a result of office demands, which affect family stability. The study therefore recommends that church leadership and women should as a matter of necessity schedules their programmes in a way and manner that the women civil servants among them will have time to attend. Also, husbands of Christian women civil servants should be sensitive to partners’ sexual advances and respond appropriately. If it is not possible, cogent explanation and not flimsy excuses be given