Background: A major proportion of adolescent pregnancies resulted in abortion. Unsafe
abortion is an important challenge associated with adolescent sexual activity. The objective
of this research is to study the sexual activity and practice of abortion among Secondary
School Students.
Methodology: It is a cross sectional study.Multi-stage sampling was used in recruiting the
sample size from the three LGAs in Ilorin metropolis in which 527 students from six Public
Secondary Schools randomly selected. Semi- structured, self-administered questionnaire was
used for data collection. The data obtained was fed into computer and analysis was done with
Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 20. Tables and cross
tabulation were generated with a p- vale predetermined at less than 0.05.
Results: One hundred and fifty nine (30.2%) of the respondents has ever had sexual
intercourse, 19.5% had been pregnant or has impregnated someone before, 87.1% of the
recent pregnancies resulted in abortion. Factors that were positively associated with the
practice of abortion among respondents were age, marital status of parents and parents’ level
of education.
International Journal of Science, Environment ISSN 2278-3687 (O)
and Technology, Vol. 3, No 4, 2014, 1472 – 1479
Received June 23, 2014 * Published August 2, 2014 * www.ijset.net1473 O.A. Babatunde, S.A. Aderibigbe, Israel Chimezirim Jaja, O.O. Babatunde, and others
Conclusion: Early introduction of sex education and importance and use of contraception in
our schools will help to reduce teenage pregnancy and its consequences