Home Environments As Correlate Of Premarital Sex Among In- School Adolescents In Umuahia North Local Government Area Of Abia State
ABSTRACT
This study sought to find out how home environments correlate with in-school adolescents' involvement in premarital sex using senior secondary school 2 students in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State. The study employed correlational research design. The study formulated four research questions and corresponding four hypotheses to guide the study. The population of study was 2430S52 students. The sample size of the study was 240 SS2 students representing 10% of the population, drawn using simple random technique. Data was collected using titled Home Environment and Adolescents Involvement in Premarital Sex (HEAIPSQ); that was duely validated and with reliability values 0.75 and 0.57 using test re-test method, Data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation to answer the research questions while hypotheses were tested using simple linear regression at 0.05 level of significance. The results were that each of the variables (parents' educational background, parents' marital stability, parents' socio-economic and family size) had high extent correlation with the adolescents' involvement in premarital sex. Based on the findings, conclusion, discussion and recommendations were made. It was recommended among others that parents should be encouraged to support their children both financially and morally so that they would not have the urge to be involved in premarital sex behaviors that could deter their academic pursuit.
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OKEZIE, C (2021). Home Environments As Correlate Of Premarital Sex Among In- School Adolescents In Umuahia North Local Government Area Of Abia State. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/home-environments-as-correlate-of-premarital-sex-among-in-school-adolescents-in-umuahia-north-local-government-area-of-abia-state-7-2
CHIKODI, OKEZIE. "Home Environments As Correlate Of Premarital Sex Among In- School Adolescents In Umuahia North Local Government Area Of Abia State" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 17 Jun. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/home-environments-as-correlate-of-premarital-sex-among-in-school-adolescents-in-umuahia-north-local-government-area-of-abia-state-7-2. Accessed 11 May. 2024.
CHIKODI, OKEZIE. "Home Environments As Correlate Of Premarital Sex Among In- School Adolescents In Umuahia North Local Government Area Of Abia State". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 17 Jun. 2021. Web. 11 May. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/home-environments-as-correlate-of-premarital-sex-among-in-school-adolescents-in-umuahia-north-local-government-area-of-abia-state-7-2 >.
CHIKODI, OKEZIE. "Home Environments As Correlate Of Premarital Sex Among In- School Adolescents In Umuahia North Local Government Area Of Abia State" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2021). Accessed 11 May. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/home-environments-as-correlate-of-premarital-sex-among-in-school-adolescents-in-umuahia-north-local-government-area-of-abia-state-7-2