Family Adjustment Programs in Edo South in The Face of Covid-19 Pandemic: Implication for Sustainable Family Living in an Unstable Economy

COVID-19 pandemic and its emerging crises have led to economic distress which was never envisaged by a people. It came as a shock as families lost their jobs or income, as sudden closures of schools, restriction of movement and the widespread of the disease and death threatened everyone. The COVID-19 crises will not affect all families equally but causes more harm to families with low income. The objective of this study, therefore, was to investigate the influence of COVID-19 pandemic on family living and adjustment programs for sustainable living. Three objectives were stated to guide this study. The population for this study comprised of three hundred and fifty (350) families drawn from the study area using stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques from which a sample size of 105 were drawn. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire and titled ‘Family Adjustment Programs in Pandemic Era Questionnaire (FAPPEQ). Data collected were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation. Findings on the influence of COVID-19 pandemic showed that respondents agreed to the fact that COVID-19 pandemic greatly influences family living while findings on the family adjustment programs for sustainable family living in pandemic era showed that respondents agreed that the adjustment programs outlined are suitable and appropriate for sustainable family living. This study recommended that some family adjustment programs such as subsistence farming at the backyard garden, being a one car family, learning how to recycle waste should be carried out by families for sustainable living in COVID-19 era.