Assessment of Associated Factors of Premarital Sex Among Undergraduates in Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Lagos State

Abstract

Students in the higher institution consisting more of adolescents are within the age group of experimentation and tends to explore a range of behaviours that are risky. These includes sexual behaviours like pre-marital sexual intercourse that may be influence by a lot of factors that can lead to sexually transmitted diseases affecting their quality of life. This study assessed the factors influencing premarital sex among undergraduate students in Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, Lagos State. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population included all students of the college of education while convenience and simple random sampling technique was used to select and administer the research instrument to one hundred and fifty (150) respondents from six (6) schools at the institution. A researchers-developed structured questionnaire titled associated factors of premarital sex questionnaire (AFPSQ) was used and Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α) of the instrument with 0.84 was determined indicating a high level of consistency. Four (4) research hypotheses were tested and analysed using Multiple Regression at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that the null hypotheses were rejected indicating a significant difference on the associated factors and premarital sex among students. Therefore, it was recommended that students should be trained on relating with the opposite sex in a healthy manner; workshop, seminar, symposiums that will always remanding the students based on the negative effects associated to on the detrimental effects of premarital sex should be organized; provision of scholarships by the government to reduce the burden of sex for money and the enforcement of proper dress code by the institution will go a long way to prevent problems of premarital sex among students.