The social and economic impacts of the loss of the father On the family A field study in the city of Mosul

Abstract

The research aims at knowing the nature of social, economic and psychological problems that widows face as a result of losing the husband. This situation resembles an absolute result of the circumstances that Iraq (and specially Mosul city) had passed, whether of wars, blockage or even occupation. The research has reached many results, the most important of which, are : 1.The loss of the fund-supplier (usually the husband leads to many materialistic problems for the widows who are of low-level economic life. 2.and that occupation has increased the percentage of widow cases in Iraq.