Authors : Eucharia Nchedo Nwosu, Immaculata Nwakaego Akaneme, Danjuma Mohammed, Annah Chinyeaka Uloh-Bethels, Patience Okwudili Nwosu, Amuda Robinson and Felicia N. Ekwealor
Abstract: The study examined the influence of family life education on sexual behaviour of in-school adolescent in Bida education zone of Niger State. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The population of the study was 46,260 SS II students and the sample for the study was 2,313. Structured family life education and sexual behaviour questionnaire tagged FLESBQ was used as instrument for data collection. The instrument was face validated by three experts. To determine the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach alpha statistic was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded the value of 0.92. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that parents to a high extent provided family life education to adolescent students. The findings also revealed that family life education greatly influence in-school adolescents’ sexual behaviour. The study recommended that family life education should be included in the curriculum of senior secondary schools in Nigeria.
Eucharia Nchedo Nwosu, Immaculata Nwakaego Akaneme, Danjuma Mohammed, Annah Chinyeaka Uloh-Bethels, Patience Okwudili Nwosu, Amuda Robinson and Felicia N. Ekwealor, 2016. Influence of Family Life Education on Sexual Behaviour of in-School Adolescents in Bida Education Zone of Niger State, Nigeria. Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 11: 89-93.