Variables | Frequency | Percent |
Age group | ||
Early adolescents (10 - 14 years) | 183 | 52.0 |
Middle adolescents (15 - 17 years) | 155 | 44.0 |
Late adolescents (>17 years) | 14 | 4.0 |
Mean age (years) | 14.3 ± 1.9 | |
Gender | ||
Male | 164 | 46.6 |
Female | 188 | 53.4 |
Family type | ||
Monogamous | 276 | 78.4 |
Polygamous | 76 | 21.6 |
Religion | ||
Christianity | 326 | 92.6 |
Islam | 23 | 6.5 |
Traditional | 2 | 0.6 |
Others | 1 | 0.3 |
Tribe | ||
Yoruba | 283 | 80.4 |
Igbo | 47 | 13.4 |
Hausa | 1 | 0.3 |
Others | 21 | 6.0 |
Present class | ||
Junior secondary class 1 | 41 | 11.6 |
Junior secondary class 2 | 54 | 15.3 |
Junior secondary class 3 | 41 | 11.6 |
Senior secondary class 1 | 53 | 15.1 |
Senior secondary class 2 | 74 | 21.0 |
Senior secondary class 3 | 89 | 25.3 |
Class Repetition | ||
Yes | 45 | 12.8 |
No | 307 | 87.2 |
Additional Job to Schooling |
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Self-owned business | 49 | 13.9 |
Sales boy/girl | 11 | 3.1 |
Apprenticeship | 76 | 21.6 |
Baby-sitting | 10 | 2.8 |
Attending coaching classes | 23 | 6.6 |
None | 183 | 52.0 |
Fathers’ highest level of education | ||
University Graduates | 150 | 42.6 |
HND/NCE | 50 | 14.2 |
Secondary school | 108 | 30.7 |
Primary school | 31 | 8.8 |
No formal education | 13 | 3.7 |
Mothers’ highest level of education | ||
University Graduates | 126 | 35.8 |
HND/NCE | 62 | 17.6 |
Secondary school | 127 | 36.1 |
Primary school | 23 | 6.5 |
No formal education | 14 | 4.0 |
Fathers’ Occupation | ||
Senior public servants, professional, managers & similar grades | 204 | 58.0 |
Intermediate grade public servant and senior school teachers | 35 | 9.9 |
Junior school teachers, drivers, artisan & similar grades | 55 | 15.6 |
Petty traders, laborers, messengers & similar grades | 38 | 10.8 |
Unemployed | 20 | 5.7 |
Mothers’ Occupation | ||
Senior public servants, professional, managers & similar grades | 194 | 55.1 |
Intermediate grade public servant and senior school teachers | 38 | 10.8 |
Junior school teachers, drivers, artisan & similar grades | 52 | 14.8 |
Petty traders, laborers, messengers & similar grades | 52 | 14.8 |
Unemployed | 16 | 4.5 |
Parent’s Social class | ||
High | 214 | 60.8 |
Middle | 90 | 25.6 |
Low | 48 | 13.6 |