Social and economic problems faced by divorced women in Jordan

Hajar T. Nassar

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the social and economic problems facing the divorced women registered at National Aid Fund in Jordan in 2014, and also it aims to know the effect of divorced women's age, and academic level on the problems they face. The study population consisted of all the divorced women registered at National Aid Fund in Jordan in 2014 and their number is (2479) women. The study sample consisted of (113) divorced women whose age between less than 25 years, and 25 years and above, and the researcher distributed a questionnaire among them to investigate the social and economic problems facing them. The researcher used t-test to show the results. Means and standard deviation were used to analyze data, the results of each paragraph in the questionnaire was analyzed separately. T-Test was used to examine questions concerning the variables of major and year. The results showed a statistically significant differences in the views of divorced women registered at National Aid Fund in Jordan in 2014 about the social and academic problems they face, lack of statistically significant differences at the level (α = 0.05) due to the age variable and the presence of statistically significant differences at the level of (α = 0.05) attributable to the academic level variable.