EFFECT OF EARLY MARRIAGE ON FEMALE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF THREE SOUTH-WESTERN UNIVERSITIES
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ABSTRACT
The study examined the effects of early marriage on the academic achievements of married female students in Nigerian Universities
More specifically, the study sought to assess the educational and non-educational effects of early marriage on the academic achievements of married female students
The purposive sampling technique was used to select 225 female married students in UI, UNILAG and FUTA 120 respondents duly participated in the survey. A well- developed questionnaire was designed to elicit information from the respondents
The data collected were subjected to the quantitative techniques of descriptive statistics and the chi-squared was employed to test the hypotheses at .05 significance level Results from the study indicated that the prinicipal reason for early marriage in Nigeria is poverty. Also, it was found that early marriage has significant educational & noneducational impact on d academic achievement of d respondents
Based on this, d study advised that strong legislative mechanism should be instituted to eradicate d occurence of early marriage in Nigeria.
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