LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH INDISCRIMINATE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL BIOLOGY STUDENTS IN ENUGU EDUCATION ZONE OF ENUGU STATE

Abstract

The study is aimed at finding the level of awareness of hazard associated with indiscriminate sexual intercourse among secondary biology school students. To guide the study, three purposes of study and three research questions were formulated. The study was limited to secondary schools in Enugu Education Zone of Enugu State. The population of the study is four thousand two hundred and twenty five (4,225) biology students. Three hundred and ninety three (393) was sampled and used for the study. The instrument for data collection was well structured questionnaire designed by the researcher. The instrument was validated by three lecturers (experts); two from the department of biology Education, and one in Measurement and Evaluation. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. A reliability co efficient of 0.85 was obtained for instrument. Mean score was used for answering the research questions. The findings revealed that there is high level of awareness of physical, emotional and social hazard associated with indiscriminate sexual intercourse among secondary school biology students. The researcher recommended  among others that; both parents and health educators should try as much as possible to set good examples for the adolescents to follow on sexuality, this they could do by encouraging the development of a set of values in teenagers that will guide their sexual behaviours.