Conclusions and Recommendations
Money orientation as MAS scores hinted as a role player to influence
self-assessment, self-esteem and social relationship of women belonging
to nuclear and joint families. Such influences could be due to
structural or relational influences of the families of women, or could
be due to ‘financial literacy’ (Gudmunson & Danes, 2011) or because the
family structure influences on the communication (Geuens, De Pelsmacker
& Mast, 2003), self (Ljungqvist, Topor, Forssell, Svensson & Davidson,
2016), self-esteem (Lejoyeux, Richoux-Benhaim, Löhnardt & Lequen,
2011), mental health (Trzesniewski, Donnellan, Moffitt, Robins, Poulton
& Caspi, 2006) and psychological well- being (Landry, Kindlein,
Trépanier, Forest, Zigarmi, Houson & Brodbeck, 2016). However, money
influences on different groups are different (Cunningham, Frauman, Ivy
& Perry, 2004).
Multiple factors contributed in the emergence of nuclear families and
living in nuclear families positively influence women’s health (Ruggles,
1994: Allendorf, 2013), whereas, joint and nuclear families are
structurally different and joint families are more than that of economic
demography? Perhaps the present work reflects an important hint towards
the influence of money on both families and women in social-personal
context?
The study flourished valuable information about the influence of money
related to external factors and factors related with woman’s family life
encompassing various aspects, social and personal, however, varied
cultural influences required to be investigated for generalizing.
Moreover, certain system related context information also came in light,
especially about the role of money. The study provided useful
information about family types and their relationship with money as an
external influence and its system effects.