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Effects of Peer Influence on Sexual Behaviour among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyahururu Subcounty, Laikipia County, Kenya

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Kingori, Isaac Wanjohi
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Increased sexual liberty and early initiation of adolescents into sexual activities have led to irresponsible and risky sexual behaviors among the adolescents. However, regardless of the availability of various sources of information about sexuality and reproduction, the adolescents were yet to adopt safe sexual behaviors. This has raised questions about the effects of peers on sexual behaviors among adolescent students. This study sought to investigate the effects of peers influence on the sexual behaviors among students in public secondary schools in Nyahururu Sub-County, Laikipia County. This study adopted an ex post facto research design. The target population included 4003 students from 14 secondary schools in the Sub-County. A random sample, of 338 respondents, was chosen from 7 schools in the Sub-county. Data was collected through a questionnaire. The collected data was then processed and analyzed descriptively using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17 for Windows. The study findings indicated that peers had a great influence on the sexual behaviors and activities of the adolescents. The study recommends the need to encourage and train students peer educators in reproductive health education. This would utilize their influence and instill good and safe sexual behaviors among adolescents. The content validity of the research instrument was established through piloting as it gave a reliability coefficient of 0.82 after computing the Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha.
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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