RURAL-URBAN DICHOTOMY IN SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
| dc.contributor.author | Atoyebi Olumuyiwa Sola | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-04T14:03:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-06-04T14:03:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The period of adolescence is characterized with varying challenges ranging from social, psychological, emotional to physiological changes. Sexual behavior of adolescents has continued to become a concern across various societies. The thrust of this study examines variations in the sexuality and reproductive behavior of in-school and out-of-school adolescents living in rural and urban areas of Southwest Nigeria. Random sampling was used to sample three (3) States out of six (6) States in Southwest, which are Osun, Oyo and Ekiti. The sampled urban areas were Ilesa in Osun State, Ogbomoso in Oyo State and Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State. Systematic sampling approach was used to select 1,150 in-school and out-of-school adolescents across the sampled three (3) urban areas. Total enumeration was used to sample 224 in-school and out-of-school adolescents across three rural areas Iwaraja, Baale-Oba, and Iroko in Osun, Oyo and Ekiti States respectively. Independent sample t-test was used to examine if variations in the sexuality and reproductive behaviour of adolescents in rural and urban areas are statistically significant. The test result shows that living in rural or urban area did not influence the number of times female adolescents were pregnant with p value of 0.706. Similarly, further test reveals that mean difference in the age at first sex of urban in-school and out-of-school adolescents did not vary significantly with p value of 0.454. The study concluded that addressing illicit sexual behavior among adolescents would bring to barest varying social problems. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2992-3832 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5258 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | FUOYE PLANNING JOURNAL (FJP) | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 1; 1 | |
| dc.title | RURAL-URBAN DICHOTOMY IN SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA | |
| dc.type | Article |