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Causes Of The Prevalence Of Teenage Pregnancy Among Secondary School Female Students
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1.5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY.
This study will provide
useful information to parents on how to educate their children and
solve their sexual health and reproductive problems. Furthermore, the
health counselor may acquire sufficient factual information’s in
establishing meaningful information with teenage clients and the
community in order to reduce teenage pregnancies in secondary schools.
The study may serve has a spring for future similar research efforts.
1.6. DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This research work would focus mainly on five (5) secondary schools in Ijebu-ode, Ogun State. The secondary schools include:
· Adeola Odutola secondary school.
· Anglican Girls Grammar school, Ijebu-Ode
· Our Lady of Apostles secondary school.
· Muslim College Ijebu-Ode.
· Tai Solarin Staff School, Ijebu-Ode.
1.7. LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The following limitations might be encountered in the study;
1. Failure to return all completed questionnaires.
2. Irregular completion of the questionnaire which might lead to rejection.
All these limitations will be taken care of by ensuring that sufficient numbers of questionnaires are ready for analysis.
1.8. DEFINITION OF TERMS
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Adolescence: - this is a period of life beginning with the appearance
of secondary sex characteristic and terminating with the cessation of
somatic growth roughly from 11 to 19 years of age.
2 Teenager: - age of 13 to 19 years.
3 Puberty: - adolescence age when secondary sex characteristics, that is breast, public hair develops.
4 Teenage pregnancy: - when teenager becomes pregnant.
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