ABSTRACT: This research work is carried out to find out the causes of teenage pregnancy among female student in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State. It deals with the purpose of the study, which is to find out the problems teens are facing concerning unwanted pregnancy...

Background of the Study: Family planning is the process of having a specific number of children at intervals acceptable by individuals or couples, with the goal of promoting both the health and welfare of the family unit as a whole. As the name suggests, family planning involves...

BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The attitude of parents towards female education is a topic many people frown at in the developing and undeveloped countries. It is regarded of them as taboo that female education is very important to enable matured persons especially parents...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Single parenthood is a social problem which looks very perplexing, confusing and highly difficult to explain. In t...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In the Nigerian Society, the child is highly cherished, not only by parents but also by the family, the community in general and by the state (Okunola 2001). It is equally the cultural norm that the care and upbringing of the child is sha...

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INTRODUCTION: Early pregnancy is a situation whereby a girl-child is impregnated as a result of premarital sexual activity. Many girls these days are in the habit of being involved in premarital sexual acts...

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BACKGROUND OF THE STURY; Polygamy represents expanded family studies that are based on marriage involving a husband with two or more wives interesting...

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INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Nurturing and upbringing of a child by parents in the society is a reality, but the bringing up of a child by a single parent...

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INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Family is the oldest human institution in many ways, it is the most basic unit. It is society’s most basic unit. The entire civilization have survived or disappeared dep...

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INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Family is the oldest human institution in many ways, it is the most basic unit. It is society’s most basic unit. The entire civilization have survived or disappeared dep...

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INTRODUCTION

Background of the study: The population problem has occupied the attention of thoughtful men in all ages of the world, and the forms taken by this problem varied with the particular conditions, place a...

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Background of the Study: In time past, investigations of the factors/effects that influence motivation on academic achievement of students have attrac...

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INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study: The significant increase in global population in recent years has garnered considerable interest, particularly in Africa, whe...

Background to the Study

The rapid growth of world population in recent times has received widespread attention especially in Africa where the highest crude-birth rates are found. The present population of Nigeria is between 90 and 100 million persons or...

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Reproductive rights attained recognition at the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) with the proclamation that reproductive rights embraces “the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health and the right to ma...

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This research work is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the radio advertisements on family planning programmes bearing in mind the impact of family planning advertisement on the radio audience. The research method used was survey method and questionnaire being the instru...

THE RISE OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD IN URBAN NIGERIA: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SURULERE, LAGOS STATE

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Family is a foundational institution in every society, playing a critical role in socialization, emotional support, and...