Abstract:
The main purpose of this study was to investigate how child-care practices, and early marriage affect
the career aspirations of inherited children in Kom. The study employed a survey research design
with quantitative and qualitative approaches adopted. Quantitative data was collected with a
questionnaire while interviews constituted the strategy to collect qualitative data. Questionnaires
were completed by 400 participants drawn from Belo, Njinikom, and Fundong Sub Divisions in
Boyo Division and 10 successors were interviewed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to
analyze quantitative data while qualitative data were analyzed using the technique of content
analysis. A multiple regression analysis with one set of predictors was conducted to evaluate how
well a linear combination of child-care and early marriage significantly predicted the career
aspirations of inherited children. The predictors were the two sub variables (child-care, early
marriage), while the criterion variable was the career aspirations of inherited children Cramer,s V
was used to calculate the strength of association between each categorical variable and career
aspirations of inherited children. The linear combination of the two predictor variables was
significantly related to the career aspirations F (5,399) =83.35, P< 0.1. All the predictors (child-care
and early Marriage) were statistically significant. Child-care (t=.733, p=0.04), early Marriage (t=7.7,
p< 0.01).The findings showed that there was a significant relationship between the practice of
matrilineal succession like child-care/early marriage and career aspirations of inherited children in
Kom.This investigation concludes that the self-perception of inherited children in Kom affects their
career aspirations. It was recommemded amongst others that theKom Regulatory Society
(Kwiifoyn), which is an organ of decision-making in Kom should enact laws that protect inherited
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