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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?

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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
Suggestion
spends
 less
time
 at
home
 because they work extra hours in order to meet up major financial obligations. Take a country like
Nigeria
Suggestion
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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