Nowadays,many people spend less and less time at home. What are the causes of this? What are the effects of this on individuals and the society?

One of the most conspicuous trends in today_s world is the reduction in quality

time many

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time, many

individuals spend at

home

with their families and loved ones.

This

is caused by financial crises and high rate of traffic.

This

has some negative effects on the individual and the society at large.

Firstly

, many people

spend

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spends

less

time

at

home

because they work extra hours in order to meet up major financial obligations. Take a country like

Nigeria

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Nigeria, for example,

for example

, most married workers are underpaid, yet there is an inflation in the country. In order to meet up with certain expenses (

such

as house rent, children_s school fees and so on) they need to put in extra working hours to earn more.

Consequently

, the

time

spent at

home

with their families will be reduced.

Secondly

, an increase in

traffic especially

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traffic, especially

in major metropolis makes many individuals spend most of their

time

on the road. A recent study by the Federal Road Safety Corps of Nigeria (FRSC) shows that an average individual in Lagos

spend

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spends

most of their

time

in traffic, which is due to overpopulation which

consequently

leads to cars gridlock.

One major effect of

this

on individual is sleep deprivation. It is well known that an average individual needs 8hours of uninterrupted sleep in order to live a healthy lifestyle.

Thus

, an individual who

work

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works

extra hours has a higher chance of developing migraine and other health issues associated with sleep deprivation.

In addition

, society at large tends to produce many hooligans.

This

is because

offspring

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the offspring

with less supervision by their parents are easily influenced into crime, robbery and other illicit acts

In conclusion, sleep deprivation, unhealthy lifestyle, increases

population

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the population
populations

of hooligans are some of the effects associated with spending less

time

at

home

.

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