Abstract
The investigator embarked on the research to find out the causes and consequences of cohabitation among university students in Oyo State, South-West Nigeria. In order to carry out the investigation, the researcher formulated two research questions and one hypothesis to guide the investigation. The researcher constructed an instrument known as “Cohabitation Among University Students, Causes and Consequences Questionnaire” (CAUSCCQ) to collect information from the respondents. The investigator carried out a reliability test of the instrument using the test re-test method. A reliability coefficient of 0.85 was obtained showing that the instrument was reliable to carry out the research. The items of the instrument had face and content validity as well as language appropriateness. The researcher used 3 research assistants to administer 271 copies of the instrument on the respondents. The research assistants retrieved 245 copies of the questionnaire. The researcher scored, collated and made use of the mean and standard deviation to answer the two research questions while one-way Analysis Of Variance ANOVA was used to test the hypothesis. The investigation revealed in Table 1 that some students cohabit because of high on-campus accommodation fee, with mean score of 2.79, some others cohabit due to financial difficulties in order to save on rent, food and other expenses and also as a result of their freedom from parental control and supervision. The research found out in Table 2 that one of the consequences of cohabitation is unwanted pregnancy with mean score of 3.52. The investigation also revealed in Table 2 that unwanted pregnancy may result into abortion with mean score of 3.49. Finally, the research found out that there is no significant difference among Federal, State and Private university student cohabiters in their assessment of the consequences of cohabitation. It is therefore recommended that Federal, State and Private owners of universities should put up adequate number of halls of residence for students.
Highlights
It is no exaggeration that the number of students in Nigerian universities that is (Federal, State and Private) keep on increasing
It is recommended that Federal, State and Private owners of universities should put up adequate number of halls of residence for students
Two research questions were raised: 1) What are the causes of cohabitation among university students in Oyo State, South – West Nigeria?
Summary
It is no exaggeration that the number of students in Nigerian universities that is (Federal, State and Private) keep on increasing. 140) shows that federal universities has a total of 326,310, state universities 174,303 and private universities 32,523 undergraduates respectively. As a result of the economic crunch in Nigeria at present, many of the universities lack the capacity to build students hall of residence. Lack of sufficient hall of residence may probably have led to emergence of cohabitation among university students. Adeniyi stressed that the term ‘cohabitation’ is not commonly used to describe people who are merely sharing a living space or who call themselves “roommates” cohabitation can pertain to either heterosexual or same sex couples, but it is most commonly used in reference to heterosexual couples. Adeniyi stressed that the term ‘cohabitation’ is not commonly used to describe people who are merely sharing a living space or who call themselves “roommates” cohabitation can pertain to either heterosexual or same sex couples, but it is most commonly used in reference to heterosexual couples. Abullahi (2013) stated that cohabitation can be encapsulated as both a status and a process and it is an alternative type of housing for at least one of the cohabiters
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