Prepareness and Attitude of Female Workers in Kwara State Towards Retirement

Abstract

The study investigated the preparedness and attitude of female workers towards retirement. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 300 female workers from ministries, teaching service commission, tertiary institutions as well as private establishments in Kwara State. The “Preparedness and Attitude of Female Workers Toward Retirement Questionnaire” (PAFWTRQ) was administered to the respondents to collect relevant data. The t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistics were used to test five generated null hypotheses. The findings showed that there were no significant differences between and among respondents' preparation and attitude towards retirement based on religious affiliation, marital status, academic qualification and job type. Significant differences were, however, found among the female workers based on age group. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made. Amongst them are: professional counsellors in Nigeria should step up efforts at establishing their own counselling clinics where they would be able to provide assistance to serving workers on preparedness for retirement and counsellors should effectively utilize their general counselling skills through the different non governmental organizations (NGOs), women organizations and groups in enlightenment campaigns on preparedness for retirement.

The Nigerian Journal of Guidance Counselling Vol. 10 (1) 2005: pp. 62-77