Sexual Behaviour of Young People in Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State

Nwogu, Salome (Ph.D), Ukaigwe, Patricia (Prof.), Goodluck Azuonwu (Prof.)

Abstract

Young people in recent times are sexually active than presumed. This study investigated the sexual behaviour of young people in Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State. A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was adopted with a population comprising of 351,200 young people in Etche. The multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted to select a sample size of 400. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.71. Data collected was analyzed with the aid of Statistical Product for Service Solution (SPSS V-25) using mean, t-test and Pearson Correlation at level of significance of 0.05. The result showed that, the sexual behaviour of youths in Etche Local Government Area were: being around the opposite sex (?? = 2.95±1.23), keeping a boy or girl friend (?? = 2.77±0.23), and attracted by sexy clothes (?? = 2.63±1.33). The result of the study showed that there was a significant difference between the perception of male and female youths on sexual behavior in Etche LGA as p<0.05 (t-cal = 2.22, df = 391, p = 0.02). It was concluded that, young people in Etche Local Government Area had risky sexual behaviours with the more prevalent sexual behaviours as being around the opposite sex, keeping a boy or girl friend, and attracted by sexy clothes. It was recommended among others that, youth friendly organizations should organize intervention programmes for youths in order to align their sexual behaviours with healthy practices.

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