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A Study Of Family Disintegration And Deviant Behabiour
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CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.1 Introduction
This section of the research work is concerned with the presentation and analysis of the collected data. These data were source from the administration of questionnaire on relevant questions related to the formulated hypotheses. The information gathered was statistical1y presented by using frequency distribution and simple percentage statistics.
One hundred and twenty eight (128) questionnaires were distributed and one hundred and thirteen (113) of the questionnaire was recovered and the whole one hundred and thirteen (113) were valid for analysis.
4.2 PRESENTATION OF DATA
SectionA: Socio- Demographic Data of Respondents
From the table shown above 45.1% (51) of the respondents’ falls within the age bracket of 13-l9years, 44.2% (50) falls within 20-27years, while 10.6% of the total population falls within the age bracket of 28-35years. Thus majority of the respondent are adolescent.
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QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Instruction: Tick (X) in the box that corresponds to the answer in the question belowSection A: Socio-Demographic Features Of The Respondent1. Age: l3-19( ) 20 -27( ) 28-35(2. Gender: Male ( ) Female ( )3. Religion Affiliation: Is ( ) Christianity ( ) African Traditional Religion ( )4. What is your father’s current employment status? Unemployed ( ) Casual work ( Permanent work ( ) Business ( )5. Highest educational qualification: Primary! SSCE ( ) NCEIOND ( ) HND!B.SC ( )6 ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]While there has been considerable debate about tile effects of divorce or a new marriage on children, and whether it is the change in parental unions or the underlying characteristics and Family disintegration has become a thing associated with the contemporary family institution. This however, is not to say that it had never once occurred family situation of the past but that the rate at which it occurs in our present society is quite alarming. This is common in our contemporary family institut ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 9 ]Socioeconomic StatusLow socioeconomic status puts divorced families at increased risk of engaging in risk takingbehaviours (Harris, 2009). In fact, results from a study involving young couples showed that lower income families are more likely to engage in risky behaviours (Taylor, 2010) Adults from low-income families experience higher rates of poor physical and mental health, are likely to engage in deviant acts, have early and unprotected sexual intercourse, and are more likely to experience e ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]The above model shows the dynamic relationship between family disintegration and involvement in deviant acts. When the attachment between parents and child is not adequate m when the family is not wholesome, it would result in the weakening of the bond been the child and parents, whereas strong bond is highly essential for the child’s internalization of norms and values of the society. Furthermore, weak bond between parents and child would amount to less supervision, monitoring and punish ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]RecommendationsBased on the findings, the recommendations given by the researcher are the following;Firstly, the influence of the family on a child cannot be quantified or over-emphasized. The family as an agent of socialization should help socialize well, the new members of the society as they develop at home. it is believed that, “bad eggs†in the society are the product of “family wombâ€. With this, deviant behaviour will be reduced to the barest minimum.Governments, co ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]REFERENCESAbdullahi, Ml. (2006). Control of drug abuse among Nigerian youths: A societal challenge. Adelekan, (1992). Prevalence and patterns of family dissolution in Nigeria,Aiyetan, D, Kolapo, Y (2005). Report oil Inter-Tribal Marriage. Punch News Daily 16 July, p. 4.Akagu, A.H. (2006) The Impact of Family Instability on youth crime a case studyofllorin metropolis an unpublished B.SC.thesis of the department of Sociology University of IlorinAlfrey, C. (2010). Juvenile Delinquency and family St ... Continue reading---
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