Influence Of Family Background And School Factors On Attitude Towards Pre Marital Sex Among Senior Secondary School Students In Lagos State

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Abstract

Table of content

 

CHAPETR ONE

1.0   INTRODUCTION 

1.1        Background of the study

1.2        Statement of problem

1.3        Objective of the study

1.4        Research Hypotheses

1.5        Significance of the study

1.6        Scope and limitation of the study

1.7       Definition of terms

1.8       Organization of the study

 

 

CHAPETR TWO

2.0   LITERATURE REVIEW

 

CHAPETR THREE

3.0        Research methodology

3.1    sources of data collection

3.3        Population of the study

3.4        Sampling and sampling distribution

3.5        Validation of research instrument

3.6        Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

4.1 Introductions

4.2 Data analysis

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Summary

5.3 Conclusion

5.4 Recommendation

Appendix

 

ABSTRACT

This study is on Influence of family background and school factors on attitude towards pre marital sex among senior secondary school students in Lagos State. The total population for the study is 100 staff from different secondary schools and 100 families in Lagos state was selected randomly. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up principals, vice principals administration, married man and married women were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies.

 

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

• Background of the study

Premarital sex is sexual activity practiced by persons who are unmarried. It is considered taboos in Nepalese Culture and prohibited in Hindu religion. Despite this fact, an increasing number of sexual activities are being reported by Nepalese student. In the context of a global decline in the age of sexual maturation and rising age of marriage, the window of opportunity for young people to engage in premarital sexual relations in the opening.

. The median age at first sexual intercourse for females (17.5) is identical to that of the median age of marriage (17), suggesting that women have their first sexual intercourse within marriage. It is reverse in the case of males indicating that their first sexual intercourse begins outside of marriage. The proportion of never married men and women aged 15-19 is steadily increasing. This leads to more unmarried adolescents, particularly young men becoming sexually active outside of marriage.

Public opinion polls have consistently shown that premarital sex is wrong and dangerous to health resulting in abortions, teenage mothers and sexually transmitted infections (Finer, 2007). Premarital sex is sex before marriage and it is generally found among the youths. It involves fornication, rape, defilement and incest. The causes behind it have been established including curiosity among the youths, proof of manhood, lust, pornography and it adverse effects, insanity and sex promiscuity as well as moral decadence among the youths (Choe, 2004)

There is generally a high levels of family connectedness in Nigeria family. Most of young people feel valuable to families. Young people expressed in vivid terms of their love for family members. Young people always feel close relationship with their parents. Every person always concern about connectedness and how to maintain family relationship and that growing closer and more emotionally dependent on their parents over time, particularly to their mothers ( GSO, et al,2010,phan 2005). young people are influenced by both positive and negative factors in their sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behavior, studies conducted in Nigeria. showed that family connectedness, parental support, parental monitoring, and positive outlook are protective mechanisms for young people. parental and familial factors influence the quality of children close relationship with peers later in their life and support adolescent against negative impact of peers and mass media, and also can help to reduce the probability of engaging in premarital sex mothers ( GSO, et al,2010,podhisita, et, al 2001). Communication between parent and young adult regarding sexuality often is viewed as desirable and is perceived as an effective means of encouraging adolescents to adopt responsible sexual behaviors (Dilorio et al., 1999). however, parents appear more likely to shape adolescent’s attitude and beliefs about sex than their actual knowledge about sex, especially parents5 role in educating moral values. Indeed, some parents believe their primary responsibility is to convey normative, moralsociali6ation or convey proscriptions rather than to give instructional information about sexual behavior, such as how to resist unwanted pressure (regnerus,2005)

premarital sex has become more widely accepted among young people. low young people consider that love should dominate marriage and the quality of an individuals sex life is more highly valued than it used to be. Attitudes towards sex and sexual behavior have become recogni6ed as an individual0s responsibility as long as no offence occurs against society or the interests of other individuals, resulting in there cognition of diversity of sexual behaviors. Based on this researcher wants to investigate the influence of family background and school factors on attitude towards premarital sex among secondary school students in Lagos state

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Researchers have observed that there is prevalence of premarital sexual practices among secondary school students, the teenagers in contemporary society, which leads to high incidence of teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Most writers and school authorities frown upon adolescents’ indulgence in premarital sex. Some communities carry out disciplinary action on youths who indulge in it. The Federal Health Management Board engages in series of campaigns to create public awareness on the danger and circulation of sexually transmitted diseases. But in this study, literature is lacking on influence of family bacground and school factors on attitude towards pre marital sex among senior secondary school students . Given the amount of public concern for the consequences of apparent adolescent’s indulgence in premarital sex, finding out the famly background and school factors’ attitude will provide the necessary information for planning useful intervention programmes aimed at solving the problems arising from seemingly premarital sexual practices.

• OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The objectives of the study are;

1. To ascertain the factors that influence secondary school students’ premarital sex practices in Lagos state
2. To ascertain the consequences of secondary school students’ indulgence in premarital sex practices
3. To ascertain whether there is family background factor that influence secondary student on pre-marital sex
4. To ascertain whether there is school factor that influence secondary student on pre-marital sex

1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES

For the successful completion of the study, the following research hypotheses were formulated by the researcher;

H₀: there are no factors that influence secondary school students’ premarital sex practices in Lagos state

H₁: there are factors that influence secondary school students’ premarital sex practices in Lagos state

H₀²: there is no consequences of secondary school students’ indulgence in premarital sex practices

H₂: there is consequences of secondary school students’ indulgence in premarital sex practices

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

It is believed that at the completion of the study, the findings will be of benefit to adolescent, parents and general public towards pre-marital sex. The study will also be of great benefit to the researchers who intends to embark on research on similar topics as it will serve as a guide. Finally, the study will be of great importance to academia’s, lecturers, teachers, students and the general public

1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The scope of the study covers Influence of family background and school factors on attitude towards pre marital sex among senior secondary school students in Lagos State. The researcher encounters some constrain which limited the scope of the study;

1. a) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material available to the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study
2. b) TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities and examinations with the study.
   • DEFINITION OF THE TERMS

ADOLESCENT: Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood.

ATTITUDE: A settled way of thinking or feeling about something

SEX EDUCATION: Sex education is instruction on issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, age of consent, reproductive health, reproductive rights, safe sex, birth control and sexual abstinence.

SENIOR SECONDARY: The senior secondary years are the years of later adolescence corresponding to the later part of secondary education. … The term “senior secondary” may also be used to refer to any institution that covers the upper part of secondary education, such as a high school.

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