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.