Abstract
The study examined the opinions of Nigerian students in tertiary institutions on their ideal family size. It was conducted among students in four tertiary institutions in Edo State of Nigeria. A sample size of 454 final year students was randomly drawn from the halls of residence in the institutions using the stratified sampling technique. A 34-item questionnaire was the main instrument used for the study. A reliability of 0.78 was reported for the instrument using Kudder-Richardson Coefficient (20) in a pilot study with a group of students outside those used for the study. The study reveals that male and female students in tertiary institutions have negative opinion on large family size. A high percentage of Nigerian students (49.6%) desired four children. It was also found that there is no significant difference in the opinions of male and female students on family size.KEY WORD: Family Size, Nigerian students, tertiary institutions
Highlights
In the national population census conducted in Nigeria in 2006, a population of 140,003,542 was declared by the government (Federal Republic of Nigeria Extraordinary Gazette No 4, 2007)
What is the opinion of Nigerian students on large family size?
Research Question One: What is the opinion of Nigerian students on large family size?
Summary
In the national population census conducted in Nigeria in 2006, a population of 140,003,542 was declared by the government (Federal Republic of Nigeria Extraordinary Gazette No 4, 2007). Many women married early and have large families while men in most areas practised polygamy and have many children. They considered this a thing of pride and prestige with the belief that the number of children one produced was an indication of one’s virility (Caldwell, Orubuloye & Caldwell, 1992). Many people are beginning to see the need to have less number of children and the need for having many children is disappearing/women desire to have relatively fewer children than they did in the past
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