Influence of Gender and Location on Upper Basic Social Studies Students Sexual Behaviour in Edo and Delta States
Keywords:
Social Studies, Gender, location, Sexual Behaviour
Abstract
This study examined the impact of gender and location on Upper Basic SocialStudies Students sexual behaviour in Edo and DeltaStates. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level. The population of the study was 51, 624. The sample size for the study was 720 respondents arrived at using the multi-stage sampling technique. The questionnaire is the instrument for data collection. Data generated were analyzed using the simple correlation statistics for the research questions while the simple regression was used to test the formulated null hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed amongst that, there was a significant relationship between gender and location as regards Upper Basic Social Studies Students sexual behaviour in the state under review. The study concluded that gender and location influences Upper Basic Social Studies Students sexual behaviour in Edo and Delta States. The study made appropriate recommendations for the study.
Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
References
Agunbiade, O. M., &Aransiola, J. O. (2016). Patterns of risky sexual behaviours amongemerging adults in intimate sexual relationships in two tertiary institutions, SouthwestNigeria,Child and Youth Services,DOI:10.1080/0145935X.2015.1099429.
Akpokos, J. A., Nkom, S. A. &Oluwabamide, J. (2017). Sexual Behaviour of Students in Urban and Rural Secondary School in Kaduna State. Ibadan Journal of Sociology, 3(1), 79-105.
Bersamin,M.M.,Zamboanga,B.L.,Schwartz,S.J.,Donnellan,M.B.,Hudson,M.,Weisskirch, R. S. & Caraway, S. J. (2014). Risky business: Is there an association betweencasualsexandmentalhealthamongemergingadults?JournalofSexResearch,51,43–51.
Boislard, M.-A., Van De Bongardt, D. &Blais, M. (2016). Sexuality (and lack thereof) in adolescence and early adulthood: A review of the literature. Behav. Sci. 6(8). doi: 10.3390/bs6010008.
Devine-Wright,H.,Abraham,C.,Onya,H.,Ramatsea,S.,Themane,M.,&Aarø,L.E.(2015).Correlates of condom use and condom use motivation among young South Africans.Journalof Applied Social Psychology, 45, 674–683.
Evans,M.,Risher,K.,Zungu,N.,Shisana,O.,Moyo,S. &Celentano,D.D.(2016).Age-disparate sex and HIV risk for young women from 2002 to 2012 in South Africa. JournaloftheInternational AIDS Society, 19, 21310.
Haffejee, F., Koorbanally, D., & Corona, R. (2018). Condom use among South Africanuniversitystudents inthe provinceofKwaZulu-Natal. Sexuality andCulture, 1–11.
Ibrahim, M. &Ihuoma, C. P. (2017). Predictors of School Environment, Home Background And Peer Influence On Sexual Immorality Among Selected Senior Secondary School Students In Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State. Sokoto International Journal of Counselling Psychology 5, 299 –311
Igberaharha, C. O. &Onyesom, M. (2021). Strategies for boosting students’ enrolment into business education programme of colleges of education. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 10(3), 1107-1116
Igberaharha, O. C. (2014). Challenges of new technologies and mentoring in teaching and learning business education in Delta State tertiary institutions. Nigeria Journal of Business Education, 2(1), 92-104
Joshua, A. M. (2006). Temperament, values and sexual behaviours of secondary school students in Cross River State, Nigeria. [Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis], University of Calabar, 120 – 122.
Kreager, D.A., Staff, J., Gauthier, R., Lefkowitz, E.S. & Feinberg, M.E. (2016). The double standard at sexual debut: Gender, sexual behaviour and adolescent peer acceptance. Sex Roles, 75, 377–392. doi: 10.1007/s11199-016-0618-x.
Martin, K.A. (2018). Puberty, Sexuality, and the Self: Boys and Girls at Adolescence. Routledge; New York, NY, USA, 1–176.
Maughan-Brown,B.,George,G.,Beckett,S.,Evans,M.,Lewis,L.,Cawood,C.(2018).HIVriskamongadolescentgirlsandyoungwomeninage-disparatepartnerships:EvidencefromKwaZulu-Natal,SouthAfrica.JAIDSJournalofAcquiredImmune DeficiencySyndromes, 78,155–162.
Mturi, A. J. &Gaearwe, L. (2014). Gender differences in sexual behaviour amongst university students in Mahikeng, South Africa. African Population Studies, 28(1), 526-537
Ngidi, N. D., Moyo, S., Zulu, T., Adam, J. K., & Krishna, S. B. N. (2016). Qualitativeevaluationof selected socialfactors thatimpactsexualrisk-takingbehaviouramongAfrican students in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. SAHARA-J: Journal of Social AspectsofHIV/AIDS, 13, 96–105.
Odimegwu,C.&Somefun,O.D.(2017).Ethnicity,genderandriskysexualbehaviouramongNigerianyouth: an alternativeexplanation. ReproductiveHealth14(1), 16.
Odimegwu, C. Somefun, O. D., &Chisumpa, V. H. (2018). Regional Differences in PositiveSexualBehaviouramongYouthinSub-SaharanAfrica.JBiosoc.scidoi:101715002193201800010X
Ojong, I. N., Ojong-Alasia, M. M. & Samson-Akpan, P. E. (2014). Influence of gender and school location on sexual behaviours among secondary school students in Southern Cross River State, Nigeria. Archives of Applied Science Research, 6 (1), 127-130
Olapegba, P. O., Idemudia, E. S. &Onuoha, U. C. (2013). Gender differences in responsible sexual behaviour of in-school adolescents. Gender andBehaviour, 11 (1), 5316-5322
Onyesom, M. &Igberaharha, C.O. (2021). Inclusive values and pedagogies needed by business studies teachers for effective inclusive education in secondary schools. International Journal of Education and Practice, 9(1), 220-229
Schaefer,R.,Gregson,S.,Eaton,J.W.,Mugurungi,O.,Rhead,R.,Takaruza,A.(2017).Age-disparate relationships and HIV incidence in adolescent girls and young women:Evidencefrom Zimbabwe. AIDS, 31, 1461.
Seyfu, H. &Yohannes, T. (2018). Risky sexual behaviour and associated factors among reproductive age group high school students: Institution based cross sectional study. Epidemiol, 8(344). doi: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000344.
Smith L., Jackson S.E., Vancampfort D., Jacob L., Firth J., Grabovac I. (2020). Sexual behaviour and suicide attempts among adolescents aged 12–15 years from 38 countries: A global perspective. Psychiatry Res. 287, 112564. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112564.
Thompson, E., Mahony, H., Noble, C. A. & Wang, W. (2018). Rural and urban differences in sexual behaviours among adolescents in Florida. Journal of Community Health 43(1), 1-5. DOI:10.1007/s10900-017-0416-6
Zuma, K., Shisana, O., Rehle, T. M., Simbayi, L. C., Jooste, S. &Zungu, N. (2016). NewinsightsintoHIVepidemicinSouthAfrica:KeyfindingsfromtheNationalHIVPrevalence,IncidenceandBehaviourSurvey,2012.AfricanJournalofAIDSResearch,15,67–75.
Akpokos, J. A., Nkom, S. A. &Oluwabamide, J. (2017). Sexual Behaviour of Students in Urban and Rural Secondary School in Kaduna State. Ibadan Journal of Sociology, 3(1), 79-105.
Bersamin,M.M.,Zamboanga,B.L.,Schwartz,S.J.,Donnellan,M.B.,Hudson,M.,Weisskirch, R. S. & Caraway, S. J. (2014). Risky business: Is there an association betweencasualsexandmentalhealthamongemergingadults?JournalofSexResearch,51,43–51.
Boislard, M.-A., Van De Bongardt, D. &Blais, M. (2016). Sexuality (and lack thereof) in adolescence and early adulthood: A review of the literature. Behav. Sci. 6(8). doi: 10.3390/bs6010008.
Devine-Wright,H.,Abraham,C.,Onya,H.,Ramatsea,S.,Themane,M.,&Aarø,L.E.(2015).Correlates of condom use and condom use motivation among young South Africans.Journalof Applied Social Psychology, 45, 674–683.
Evans,M.,Risher,K.,Zungu,N.,Shisana,O.,Moyo,S. &Celentano,D.D.(2016).Age-disparate sex and HIV risk for young women from 2002 to 2012 in South Africa. JournaloftheInternational AIDS Society, 19, 21310.
Haffejee, F., Koorbanally, D., & Corona, R. (2018). Condom use among South Africanuniversitystudents inthe provinceofKwaZulu-Natal. Sexuality andCulture, 1–11.
Ibrahim, M. &Ihuoma, C. P. (2017). Predictors of School Environment, Home Background And Peer Influence On Sexual Immorality Among Selected Senior Secondary School Students In Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State. Sokoto International Journal of Counselling Psychology 5, 299 –311
Igberaharha, C. O. &Onyesom, M. (2021). Strategies for boosting students’ enrolment into business education programme of colleges of education. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 10(3), 1107-1116
Igberaharha, O. C. (2014). Challenges of new technologies and mentoring in teaching and learning business education in Delta State tertiary institutions. Nigeria Journal of Business Education, 2(1), 92-104
Joshua, A. M. (2006). Temperament, values and sexual behaviours of secondary school students in Cross River State, Nigeria. [Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis], University of Calabar, 120 – 122.
Kreager, D.A., Staff, J., Gauthier, R., Lefkowitz, E.S. & Feinberg, M.E. (2016). The double standard at sexual debut: Gender, sexual behaviour and adolescent peer acceptance. Sex Roles, 75, 377–392. doi: 10.1007/s11199-016-0618-x.
Martin, K.A. (2018). Puberty, Sexuality, and the Self: Boys and Girls at Adolescence. Routledge; New York, NY, USA, 1–176.
Maughan-Brown,B.,George,G.,Beckett,S.,Evans,M.,Lewis,L.,Cawood,C.(2018).HIVriskamongadolescentgirlsandyoungwomeninage-disparatepartnerships:EvidencefromKwaZulu-Natal,SouthAfrica.JAIDSJournalofAcquiredImmune DeficiencySyndromes, 78,155–162.
Mturi, A. J. &Gaearwe, L. (2014). Gender differences in sexual behaviour amongst university students in Mahikeng, South Africa. African Population Studies, 28(1), 526-537
Ngidi, N. D., Moyo, S., Zulu, T., Adam, J. K., & Krishna, S. B. N. (2016). Qualitativeevaluationof selected socialfactors thatimpactsexualrisk-takingbehaviouramongAfrican students in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. SAHARA-J: Journal of Social AspectsofHIV/AIDS, 13, 96–105.
Odimegwu,C.&Somefun,O.D.(2017).Ethnicity,genderandriskysexualbehaviouramongNigerianyouth: an alternativeexplanation. ReproductiveHealth14(1), 16.
Odimegwu, C. Somefun, O. D., &Chisumpa, V. H. (2018). Regional Differences in PositiveSexualBehaviouramongYouthinSub-SaharanAfrica.JBiosoc.scidoi:101715002193201800010X
Ojong, I. N., Ojong-Alasia, M. M. & Samson-Akpan, P. E. (2014). Influence of gender and school location on sexual behaviours among secondary school students in Southern Cross River State, Nigeria. Archives of Applied Science Research, 6 (1), 127-130
Olapegba, P. O., Idemudia, E. S. &Onuoha, U. C. (2013). Gender differences in responsible sexual behaviour of in-school adolescents. Gender andBehaviour, 11 (1), 5316-5322
Onyesom, M. &Igberaharha, C.O. (2021). Inclusive values and pedagogies needed by business studies teachers for effective inclusive education in secondary schools. International Journal of Education and Practice, 9(1), 220-229
Schaefer,R.,Gregson,S.,Eaton,J.W.,Mugurungi,O.,Rhead,R.,Takaruza,A.(2017).Age-disparate relationships and HIV incidence in adolescent girls and young women:Evidencefrom Zimbabwe. AIDS, 31, 1461.
Seyfu, H. &Yohannes, T. (2018). Risky sexual behaviour and associated factors among reproductive age group high school students: Institution based cross sectional study. Epidemiol, 8(344). doi: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000344.
Smith L., Jackson S.E., Vancampfort D., Jacob L., Firth J., Grabovac I. (2020). Sexual behaviour and suicide attempts among adolescents aged 12–15 years from 38 countries: A global perspective. Psychiatry Res. 287, 112564. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112564.
Thompson, E., Mahony, H., Noble, C. A. & Wang, W. (2018). Rural and urban differences in sexual behaviours among adolescents in Florida. Journal of Community Health 43(1), 1-5. DOI:10.1007/s10900-017-0416-6
Zuma, K., Shisana, O., Rehle, T. M., Simbayi, L. C., Jooste, S. &Zungu, N. (2016). NewinsightsintoHIVepidemicinSouthAfrica:KeyfindingsfromtheNationalHIVPrevalence,IncidenceandBehaviourSurvey,2012.AfricanJournalofAIDSResearch,15,67–75.
Published
2024-04-24
How to Cite
E. M, A., P. O, D., & E. C, O. (2024). Influence of Gender and Location on Upper Basic Social Studies Students Sexual Behaviour in Edo and Delta States. GPH-International Journal of Educational Research, 7(04), 24-34. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11061652
Section
Articles
Copyright (c) 2024 Akhogbai, E. M, Dania, P. O & Ogheneakoke, E. C.
Author(s) and co-author(s) jointly and severally represent and warrant that the Article is original with the author(s) and does not infringe any copyright or violate any other right of any third parties, and that the Article has not been published elsewhere. Author(s) agree to the terms that the GPH Journal will have the full right to remove the published article on any misconduct found in the published article.
