Socio-economic Factors as Correlates of Teenage Pregnancy among Selected Public Senior Secondary School in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

Pregnancy is a physiological process, presenting with history of missed period, fatigue, breast
enlargement and tenderness, vomiting together with light-headedness. Teenage pregnancy has no
doubt because it is far-reaching consequences on the student, family and the society at large. This
study investigated Socio-Economic Factors as Correlates of Teenage Pregnancy among
Adolescents in Selected Senior Secondary School in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo
State, Nigeria. The study adopted social learning theory. Descriptive survey research design was
adopted. Purposive sampling techniques was used to select 255 adolescent. Questionnaire was
used as research instruments. Data were analysed using Descriptive and inferential statistics of
Person Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Result revealed that, there is a significant
relationship between peer influence and teenage pregnancy among selected senior secondary
school students (r = .353, n=255, p (.000) <.05). There is a significant relationship between
Parent’s religion and Teenage pregnancy among selected Secondary School Students (r = .419,
n=255, p (.000) <.05). There is a significant relationship between Parent’s income and Teenage
pregnancy among selected Secondary School Students (r = .281, n=255, p (.000) <.05). Finally,
there is a significant relationship between Parent’s marital status and Teenage pregnancy among
Secondary School Students (r = .375, n=255, p (.000) <.05). Conclusively, there was a significant
relationship between the Socio-Economic factors and Teenage pregnancy. The study recommends
that, ministry of education, school authorities and Leaders in our various religion organisations
should deal with the problem of teenage pregnancies by inculcating moral instructions, the school
curriculum, churches and mosques.