Method and Procedure
The role of money in an individual’s life, its gender influence and its relationship with various aspects of self was so convincing that it was relevant to assume that money may be playing a role to influence women living in nuclear and joint families? It was also convincing to assume that such money influence in family life may reflect on self-assessment, social relations and self-esteem of the women, those may participate as voluntary subjects belonging to both types of nuclear and joint family systems in the study, and it may provide useful information about the role of money in both family types? 100 randomly selected voluntarily women participants were tested? For randomization, the city in which the study was conducted was divided into approximate 10 equal areas using the available map of the city. The researcher visited the marked residential areas to approach various resident units, informed the residents about the purpose of the study, on their willingness to participate obtained a written consent and then at the convenience of the volunteers conducted the study. 10 volunteers each from the demarcated 10 areas inducted and tested each. Among these 5 were belonging to nuclear families and 5 were belonging to joint families.
Following criterion was adopted to determine both family types.
Joint Family: was a family that included parents, children, grandparents, close relatives’ uncles and antis and children of the families living together in a single household.
Nuclear Family: was a family where husband and wife were living with their dependent children.
Following tests in following sequence were administered to each participant.
  1. Money attitude scale (Yamauchi & Templer, 1982).
  2. Self-assessment Scale
  3. Rosenberg self-esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965).
  4. Social relationship Scale (McFarlane, Neale, Norman, Roy & Streiner, 1981).