EFFECTS OF BROKEN HOME ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

TABLE OF CONTENT

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TITLE PAGE i

CERTIFICATION ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENT v

LIST OF TABLES vii

ABSTRACT viii

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM 4

1.3 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 4

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 5

1.5 HYPOTHESES 5

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 6

2.1 MARRIAGE INSTITUTION 6

2.2 MARRIAGE RELATED CONCEPT 8

2.3 FAMILY AS AN INSTITUTION 13

2.4 CAUSES OF BROKEN HOME 10

2.5 EFFECTS OF BROKEN HOME 19

CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 22

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 22

3.2 POPULATION AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE 22

3.3 INSTRUMENTATION 23

3.4 METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS 23

CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 24

CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS 28

5.2 CONCLUSIONS 29

5.3. RECOMMENDATIONS 30

REFERENCES 31

APPENDIX 32

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this project was to find out the effects of broken home on the academic performance of secondary school students in Ifelodun Local Government.

The following causes of broken homes were identified; inability to bear children, incompatibility of couples, the case of unwed mothers, physical violence in the family and single parenthood, too short period of courtship, early marriage, adultery, and etcetera. All these factors were found to be contributing to family dissolution in Ifelodun Local government Area of Osun State..