AWARENESS OF TEEN AGE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS AMONG IN·SCHOO LFE MALE ADOLESCENTS IN OWERRI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

Abstract

The study focused on the awareness of teenage sexual and reproductive health rights among in-school female adolescents in Owerri Municipal Council of Imo State. A self-developed and validated questionnaire with 0.78 reliability index was used as research instrument. The data was analyzed using frequency, percentage and grand mean. Three hundred and twenty in-school female adolescents were drawn from three towns out of the five towns in Owerri Municipal Council drawn using stratified random sampling technique served as sample for the study. The result of the study showed that age and class of study were significant factors that affected the awareness of teenage sexual and reproductive health rights of in-school female adolescent in Owerri Municipal Council. It was recommended among others that the ministry of education in Nigeria has to incorporate reproductive and sexual health right into the school curriculum from the primary level to the institutions of higher learning