- Title
- The experiences of African students' cohabitating at Lovedale College, Alice Campus, Eastern Cape province
- Creator
- Ndoyiya, Neziswa Faith
- Subject
- Unmarried couples -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Universities and colleges -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Sexually transmitted diseases -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date
- 2017-09
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/29182
- Identifier
- vital:77536
- Description
- Cohabitation among college students in South Africa is on a rise, this could be attributed to an increase in globalisation which is associated with the cultural decadence and a loss of cultural norms and values. This is a qualitative study that uses the face to face interviews with the cohabiting students at Lovedale College, Alice campus, Eastern Cape. Face-to-face semi structured interviews were conducted with a volunteer sample of twenty cohabiting students at Lovedale College. Snowball sampling was used in identifying the participants and the data was analysed through thematic analysis. There were various psycho-socio-economic effects of cohabitation which included among others: stress, low self-esteem, antisocial, depression, financial conflicts and violence. It has also been find out that the students who cohabit are more likely to be exposed to sexually transmitted infections and some cited that they were a lapse in condom use due to time span that increases as the partners live. In concluding, participants shared their view on the nature of cohabiting tendencies at Lovedale College and admitted to the experiences. Noted importantly is the abnormal life experience which cohabiters go through as in psychosocial, economic and academic performance being affected especially to female students. The study exposed the weak institutional policy which is neither strict or regulate students cohabiting tendencies and further expose on the need for comprehensive intervention strategies to empower young students who are affected by cohabitation.
- Description
- Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2017
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (xvi, 114 leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- rights holder
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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