Evaluation of Students' Perception on Population Control

Abstract

The study evaluated the perception of secondary school students on population control measures. Three research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested. A sample of 1000 secondary school students was randomly drawn through a stratified random sampling technique. The study was carried out in Delta State of Nigeria. A 5 – point Likert scale questionnaire containing population control measures was used to obtain information on the perception of secondary school students. Percentage, Analysis of variance and F-test were used for data analysis. Seven measures for population control were evaluated. The result showed that the most preferred measure by students is population control through education and counselling. Perception of students did not differ significantly. Recommendations were made for effective counselling on population control.

The Nigerian Journal of Guidance Counselling Vol. 10 (1) 2005: pp. 152-160