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Effect Of Early Marriage On Female Academic Performance In Nigeria
[A CASE STUDY OF THREE SOUTH-WESTERN UNIVERSITIES]
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1.8 METHODOLOGY
The
study relied on primary data for the empirical analysis of the study.
The descriptive survey research design coupled the purposive sampling
technique were adopted to select 225 female married undergraduate
students in the three universities of interest namely University of
Ibadan, University of Lagos and Federal University of Technology, Akure
(FUTA).
A well-developed and standardized questionnaire was used to
collect data from the respondents. The data obtained were analyzed using
the descriptive statistics technique and the chi-squared technique was
employed to test the two hypotheses that guided the study at 0.05
significance level.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Education:
Education is defined as the process of easing learning, or the learning
of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
Early Marriage:
Early marriage or child marriage is defined as the union between two
people in which one or both parties are younger than 18 years of age.
Academic
Performance: Academic performance is the outcome of education, the
point to which a student, teacher or institution has achieved their
educational goals. Academic performance is commonly measured by
examinations or continuous assessment but there is no general agreement
on how it is best tested or which aspects are more important.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined the effects of early marriage on the academic achievements of married female students in Nigerian UniversitiesMore specifically, the study sought to assess the educational and non-educational effects of early marriage on the academic achievements of married female studentsThe purposive sampling technique was used to select 225 female married students in UI, UNILAG and FUTA183 respondents duly participated in the survey. A well- developed questionnaire was designed to elicit in ... Continue reading---
