Perceived factors influencing the practice of prostitution among female undergraduates of tertiary institutions in Owerri Municipal, Imo State
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2019-12
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Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Abstract
The Practice of prostitution is on increase in most of Nigerian Universities among female students. Such sexual practices among female students usually result to unwanted pregnancies, STI (HIV/AIDS) and substance abuse. The study aimed to determining the perceived factors influencing the practice of prostitution among female undergraduates of tertiary institutions in Owerri Municipal, Imo state. The descriptive survey design was employed and random sampling procedure was used to select 400 female undergraduates from two tertiary institutions in Owerri Municipal. A well structured and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The completed and collected questionnaire was analyzed using Statical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0. The results were presented in frequency tables and percentages in line with the research objectives. A chi-square ( 2 ) statistics was used to test the hypothesis at 5% (0.05) level of significance. The findings of study showed that poverty recorded 318(79.5%) of influencing factors, peer pressure recorded 310(77.6%), uncontrolled liberty and freedom from school recorded 272(68%) while to obtain academic favours from male lecturers recoded 228 (68.5%) with strong influence in the practice of prostitution. For the level of practicing prostitution, 60% of the female students reported high prostitution practice while 30% said they where moderate. Out of 400 respondents, 382(92.5%) of them knew that prostitution results to unwanted pregnancies and abortion, 367 (91.8%) know that it causes STI‟s such as HIV/AIDS. In conclusion, the base line information from the study showed a significant relationship between perceived risk factors such as poverty, peer pressure, dereliction of parental role and uncontrolled liberty and freedom in school and to obtain academic favour and practices of prostitution among female undergraduates. The level of practices of prostitution among female students was high and most of them have good perception of health implications of prostitutions. Therefore, the female undergraduate, should be counseled on the effect of poverty and bad friends which leads to female prostitution and subsequent poor academic performance.
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This thesis is for the award of Master of Public Health (MPH) in Public Health, Health Promotion Option
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Factors, poverty, peer pressure, perception, prostitution, Department of Public Health Technology
Citation
Ori, E. C. (2019). Perceived factors influencing the practice of prostitution among female undergraduates of tertiary institutions in Owerri Municipal, Imo State [Unpublished Master's Thesis]. Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria