This chapter deals with the
analysis of data collected by the researcher from the respondents. A total number
of one hundred and sixty copies of questionnaire were distributed to the
respondents and all were returned. The findings were analyzed and presented
using multiple bar charts and pie charts.
Research question 1: What is the attitude of couples towards child
adoption practice?
The data answering this question
are questionnaire item number 1, 2 and 3 and were analyzed and presented in the
component bar chart below.
Item 1: Couples
do not consider adoption children as bonafide members of their families.
Item 2:
Couples have poor feelings towards child adoption.
Item 3: Couples
prefer adopting infants than
older children.
From the above multiple bar questionnaire
item 1, 102(64%) of the
respondents agreed, 38(23%) strongly agreed, 16(10%) disagreed while 4(2%)
strongly disagreed that couples do not consider adopted children as bonafide members of their
family. In questionnaire item 2,
(96(60%) of the respondents
agreed, 38(24%) strongly
agreed, 20 (12%) disagreed while 6(4%)
strongly disagreed that couples
do not support child adoption. In questionnaire item 3, 106(66%)
of the respondents agreed, 30(19%) strongly agreed, 18(11%) disagreed while 6(4%)
strongly that couples have poor feelings
towards child adoption.
Figure 1
Research
question 2: How does gender
influence the attitudes of couples towards child
adoption?
The data answering this research question are questionnaire item 4 and
5 and were analyzed and presented
in the multiple bar chart below.
Figure 2
From the above
multiple bar chart,
questionnaire item 4,
104(65%) of respondent agreed,
44 (28%) strongly agreed, 7(4%)
disagreed while 5 (3%) disagreed while 5(3%)
strongly disagreed that men
would rather remarry than go for child adoption.
In
questionnaire item 5,
100(62%) of the
respondent agreed, 42(26%)
strongly agreed, 12(8%)
disagreed that the gender of an individual is a strong determinate of his acceptance of child
adoption
Research
question 3: What are
the factors that influence the choice of adoption as a management option for
infertility?
The data
answering research question 3 and questionnaire
item number 6,7 and 8 and are
analyzed and presented in the component bar chart
below.
Research Question 4: What are the factors that hinder the process
of adoption?
The data answering
research question 4 are questionnaire item number 9,10,11
and 12 and are
analyzed and presented with pie
charts and bar chart below
Figure 4
From the
above bar chart, questionnaire item 9,
98(61%) of the respondent agreed, 52(33%)
strongly agreed, 7 (4%) disagreed
while 3(2%) strongly disagreed that some cultures do not accept child adoption
figure 5
In the pie chart above representing
questionnaire item 10 35(22%)
of the respondents agreed,
110(69%) strongly agreed, while
15(9%) disagreed that the
financial burden of child adoption is not affordable by most adoptive couples.
In the above pie
chart representing questionnaire item 11, 56(35%) of the respondents agreed
while 104(65%) strongly agreed that the children and their offspring are often
stigmatized in the society.
Figure 7
In the pie chart above
representing questionnaire item 12, 119(74%) strongly agreed while 9(6%)
disagreed that the undue delay process and protocol hinders couples from option
for adoption.