ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT AND HEALTH STATUS OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study determines relationship between work-family conflict and health status and among married civil servants in Ebonyi State. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study employed descriptive survey research design and used population of 1665, male 968 and female 697 married civil servants in Ebonyi State Ministries. Sample of 737 (Male 430, Female 307) married civil servants in Ebonyi State Ministries were selected through multistage sampling technique. An adopted 18-item standardized instrument titled: Work-family Conflict Scale Questionnaire (WFCSQ) which had a reliability coefficient of 0.97 and a self-developed structured questionnaire titled: Health Status Questionnaire (HSQ) with 0.94 reliability coefficient were used as instruments for data collection. Overall reliability co-efficient of the instruments was 0.964. Stepwise regression statistic was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study found thatmarried civil servants in Ebonyi State had high work-family conflict =3.45 0 and low health status =2.95 0.29. Result further showed that work-family conflict and health status of the married civil servants in Ebonyi State are positively and moderately correlated at r=0.338.On the stepwise regression on the relationship between work-family conflict and health status, result indicated a moderate relationship (R = 0.321) and the relationship was significant (F-cal = 84.011; p = 0.000).The implication of this study is that if this trends continuous on the health status of married civil servants in EbonyiState, it might have the capability of deny a nation the utilization of complete available labour force especially in Ebonyi State. The study therefore, recommended that Government should have bye-laws that will evaluate the health status of civil servants at least quarterly every year.