Parental Factors as Determinants of Risky Sexual Behaviors among Adolescents in Senior Secondary Schools in Ado Ekiti Metropolis,Ekiti-State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined Parental Factors as Determinants of Risky Sexual Behaviors among Adolescents in Senior Secondary Schools in Ado Ekiti Metropolis, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Structured questionnaires were personally administered to 420 adolescents' in selected senior secondary schools in the covered area of study. Descriptive statistics of frequency counts and simple percentage was used to analyze demographic data of the respondents and research question while inferential statistics of linear regression was used to analyze data collected. Adolescents age used were between 13-19 years, findings indicated that 13-14 years were 21.43%, 15-16 years were 59.52% while 17-19 years were 19.05%. Also, 67.14% and 46.90% of adolescents' parents (Father and Mother) were highly educated. Results revealed that all the variables were significantly determinant of Risky Sexual Behaviors among adolescents in senior secondary schools, economic status of parents F-ratio was 2.014, p<0.05; parental age F-ratio was 2.184, p<0.05; level of education of parents F-ratio was 2.508, p<0.05 while religion of the parents F-ratio was 2.004, p<0.05. The paper call for the needs to step up campaign to address this noticed lapse in behavior among the adolescents' in order to arrest the usual consequences of risky sexual behaviors.