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| Title: | Factors influencing sex education for in-school adolescents in lbadan, Nigeria |
| Author: | Nwokocha, Ezebunwa E. |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Periodical: | Ibadan journal of the social sciences (ISSN 1597-5207) |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 63-73 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | sex education secondary education parents |
| Abstract: | It is common among Nigerian parents to prevent their adolescents from receiving information about sexuality, believing that ignorance would enable them to maintain chastity. Often, this task is taken over by peers who usually give false, incomplete and misleading information. Consequently, adolescents with poor assertive skills engage in premarital sex and face the effects, such as unplanned pregnancy, abortion, sexually transmitted infections, and dropping out of school, among others. This study examines the factors influencing sex education among in-school adolescents in Ibadan, in order to understand the context of silence that persists. From six randomly selected schools 800 respondents were chosen using the simple random method. In addition, 15 in-depth interviews were conducted among a cross-section of lbadan residents. Results indicate that the majority of respondents whose mothers were engaged in private businesses have a more negative attitude towards sex education than those whose mothers are either civil servants, professionals or lecturers/teachers. The parents' level of education shows a consistent association with perception about sex education: those with the lowest level of education had the lowest percentage (28.6%) of positive perception towards such education, while those with the highest education represent those with the highest percentage (60%) of positive perception. The author concludes that factors affecting sex education are multiple and require intervention at different levels to make it an integral part of socialization, both at home and in school. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |