Childlessness in Context: Unpacking the Cultural Significance and Societal Pressures on Married Couples

The study examined the cultural impact of childlessness on married couples in the society. An objective and one research question were raised for the study. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. A population of 160,301women in 65communities in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State was used. A sample of 100womenfrom 5 communities was used and this was done via multi-stage sampling technique of Random sampling technique and Proportionate sampling technique. The questionnaire titled “Socio-cultural Impact of Childlessness on Married Couples Questionnaire (SICMCQ)” was used as instrument to collect relevant data. The instrument was validated by some experts and its reliability was tested for to be 0.75. The data collected, were analyzed using frequency, mean and percentage for the research question and Chi-square was used to test for the hypothesis. The findings from the study showed that childlessness brings about a high level of negative cultural impacts on married couples in diverse ways with mean ( = 3.18). it was recommended among other things that measures should be directed towards the enhancement of medical facilities in the aide to curb the prevalence of childlessness in the society.