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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 on the society?

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In recent times, people continue to spend less and less
time
 at home. A
lot
 of factors are responsible for
this
, and it
also have
Suggestion
also has
 its accompanying effects on both individuals and the
society
 as a whole. One of the reasons for
this
 is increasing work load, especially among the working class in corporate organizations. People are in constant struggle to meet up with deadlines and deliver quality results.
This
 has made many people spend a
lot
 of times outside their homes working. Some
organizations even
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organizations, even
 offer to pay workers who are willing to work extended hours. Another reason is industrialization. With industrialization comes with many opportunities.
This
 makes people migrate to industrialized areas.
This
 has caused congestion in most industrialized cities. In cities like
Lagos where
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Lagos, where
 the major system of transportation is by road, people spend a
lot
 of
time
 in transit, and
this
 makes people leave their homes early and come back late. Some would rather sleep outside their homes to avoid traffic delays. One of the effects
this
 might have on individuals is
disconnection
Suggestion
disconnected
 from their families,
this
 has caused a
lot
 of people to miss out on some of the important periods of their growing children. Another way to look at it is the creation of employment for people in the
society
 as nannies. Since people spend less
time
 at home, they employ nannies to take care of their children. Thereby helping employment in the
society
.
Also
,
this
 can
also
 affect productivity of some individuals. People rest more comfortably in their homes. And some researchers have linked resting
time
 to productivity. People that have more
time
 to rest tend to be more productive. Even though people spending less and less
time
 at home has
it's
of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"
its
 bad effects, it
also
 has some good effects on the
society
. People will generally appreciate spending more
time
 in their homes than they do now.
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