Sexuality Education Services Needs of Adolescents in Enugu State

Abstract

The study determined the sexuality education services needs of adolescents in Enugu State, Nigeria. Three specific objectives, three research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consisted all adolescents in Enugu State. The multistage sampling procedure was employed to select 400 adolescents used for the study. Researchers’ structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data generated were analyzed using means scores. The null hypothesis one was tested using t-Test while hypothesis two was tested using ANOVA. The two hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. The results showed that sexuality education services are very important needs of adolescents, sexuality education services needs of adolescents did not differ based on gender, but differed based on level of education. Based on these findings, the researchers recommended among others that sexuality education should be made youth-friendly and introduced as a separate subject or course in all levels of education taking age range of pupils into consideration.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n26p59