Abstract
This study investigated peer pressure influence on premarital sexual behaviour of senior secondary school students in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The population for the study comprised students in public senior secondary schools in the twenty-three Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Simple random sampling was used to select Kaduna North senatorial zones from the three existing zones in Kaduna State. Nine schools from thirty-two senior secondary schools were randomly selected. The population of senior secondary schools in Kaduna North zone was 5,730 in 2010/2011. 50% (2,865) of the population was used as sample size. A total number of 1,655 males and 1,210 female students were used. In each of the nine (9) schools, 319 copies of questionnaire were administered to the Students using simple random sampling technique. The data collected were statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean, and standard deviation. The hypothesis was tested using one sample Z-test at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that, there is significant influence of peer pressure on premarital sexual behaviour among senior secondary school students in Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was recommended, that Kaduna State Ministry of Education to intensify awareness programme on premarital sexual behaviour through workshops or seminars for the students on how to deal with peer pressure, and other social pressures that may lead to sexual intercourse.
Highlights
Premarital sexual behaviour commonly found among the adolescents was linked to peer’s influence primarily through relationships, communications, interactions, connections and control within peer groups
In a study conducted by [6]; [13] among adolescents in a slum setting and the surrounding rural areas in India, discovered that the level of self-confidence and peer interaction were significantly associated with reports of experiences of romantic and premarital sex [17] in their study found that adolescents who reported having been influenced by friends to engage in premarital sexual behaviour were low in percentage (30%)
For adolescent students in most developing countries, information on sexual matters comes either from their peers, who may be uninformed or incorrectly informed and are likely to be relatively inexperienced, or from the media, which tends to represent sexual and gender stereotypes and extremes [16]. This background led to research on the influence of peer pressure as a determinant of premarital sexual behaviour among senior secondary school students in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Summary
Premarital sexual behaviour commonly found among the adolescents was linked to peer’s influence primarily through relationships, communications, interactions, connections and control within peer groups. [10] discovered in their study that, adolescent students who sought information from their peers were sexually experienced compared to those who sought information from parents, teachers and other sources such as media, religious centers, and adults, etc They further observed that most friends in the social context of Nigeria students would likely respect the final choice of their peers to engage in premarital sexual behaviour than that of their parents. In a study conducted by [6]; [13] among adolescents in a slum setting and the surrounding rural areas in India, discovered that the level of self-confidence and peer interaction were significantly associated with reports of experiences of romantic and premarital sex [17] in their study found that adolescents who reported having been influenced by friends to engage in premarital sexual behaviour were low in percentage (30%). This background led to research on the influence of peer pressure as a determinant of premarital sexual behaviour among senior secondary school students in Kaduna State, Nigeria
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