The Implication of Culture on Child Adoption among Christian Couples with Infertility Challenges in Warri Diocese of Anglican Communion, Delta State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Culture, child adoption, infertility, couplesAbstract
Child adoption as an act of leaving one’s natural family and entering into the privileges and responsibilities of another has a unique historical background. Child adoption, which could be a sociallyresponsive gesture or a solution for infertility, though having been weighed down by culture, is gradually becoming culturally acceptable in Nigeria. This study adopts the descriptive survey design
to examine the implication of culture on child adoption among Christian couples with infertility challenges in Warri Diocese of Anglican Communion, Delta State, Nigeria. The population of the
study comprises all Christian couples in Warri Diocese of Anglican Communion, Delta State, Nigeria. Three hundred couples are selected randomly from the population. Questionnaire and group discussion
are the major means through which data are sourced. Data are analysed using frequency table and simple percentage. Findings reveal among others that though child adoption has been weighed
down by culture, it is gradually becoming culturally acceptable in Nigeria; hence, it should not be practiced by couples with infertility problem alone. It is hereby recommended that Christian couples in
Warri Diocese of Anglican Communion in particular and those in other denominations in general should happily embrace child adoption as an alternative to infertility and a means of fulfilling one of the purposes of humanity as a social entity.
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