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The Determinance Of Induced Abortion Among Undergraduates Students In Nigeria
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Mindful of the social stigma of having unwanted
pregnancies, many young girls who become pregnant seek abortion as the
only way to end unwanted pregnancies. This however, has serious health
risks, which sometime leads to death of young girls. For instance,
unsafe abortion results in various complications such as haemorrhage,
perforation of the uterus, secondary infertility and even death. It is
also obvious that unsafe abortion has a devastating health impact as
measured by deaths, illnesses, injuries and the cases of emergency care
(Expanding Access to safe Abortion, 1993). Beside the risks of unsafe
abortion, there are serious health risks involved child bearing as an
adolescent or teenager. For instance, teenagers face greater risk of
pelvic bone immaturity, prolonged labour and other wise difficult birth.
The
fear of been sent out of School or dropping out of school because of
unwanted pregnancy makes undergraduate students involve in abortion and
in order to abort the baby, they go to quack doctors because it is cheap
or they take concoctions and this either kills them or destroys their
womb. Money in this case is also a problem.
George (2004) has clearly
observed that about 72.5% of those involved in abortion are female
students, 17.5% are unmarried women, while abort 4.3% are housewives. It
is this rate that has become a problem. Therefore, this study seeks to
examine the determinant of induced abortion among undergraduate students
in Nigeria, by looking at the reason why students involve in abortion.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The following are the objectives of this study:
To examine the determinant of induced abortion among undergraduate students in Nigeria.
To examine the negative consequences or disadvantages of induced abortion by undergraduate students.
To
identify the best possible ways to prevent or reduce the negative
effect caused by induced abortion among undergraduate students.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What are the determinants of induced abortion among undergraduate students in Nigeria?
What are the negative consequences or disadvantages of induced abortion by undergraduate students?
What
are the best possible ways to prevent or reduce the negative effect
caused by induced abortion among undergraduate students?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The following are the significance of this study:
The
outcome of this study will be beneficial to all categories of women,
female students and the society at large. This is because the
understanding of the causes of abortion will enable society, university
authorities and policy makers look for means to address and reduce the
menace.
The results from this study will help individuals identify
the negative effect or disadvantage associated with the involvement of
abortion and how it affects the society at large.
This research will
be a contribution to the body of literature in the area of the effect of
personality trait on student’s academic performance, thereby
constituting the empirical literature for future research in the subject
area.
1.6 SCOPE/LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This study will cover the causes and the consequences of induced abortion among student undergraduates in Nigeria.
1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
Financial
constraint- Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the
researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or
information and in the process of data collection (internet,
questionnaire and interview).
Time constraint- The researcher will
simultaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This
consequently will cut down on the time devoted for the research work
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