Sociology and Anthropology Research Papers/Topics

GENDER PERCEPTION ON SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE (STDs) (A STUDY OF AWKUNANAW COMMUNITY, ENUGU SOUTH)

ABSTRACT This research work is focused on the gender perception of sexually transmitted disease (STDs): using Awkunanaw community of Enugu South Local Government Area as area of study. This study is a humble attempt towards improving and understanding the perception of male and female towards sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The population of the study was about sixteen thousand three hundred and sixty-six (16366). Using ‘’Taro Yamane’s formula to determine the sample size, the siz...

PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECTS OF MARITAL INFIDELITY ON THE FAMILY IN ANAMBRA STATE (A STUDY OF IDEMILI NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ANAMBRA STATE)

ABSTRACT Marital infidelity is one of the factors militating against marriage and family which are two institutions that work towards the population and growth of the society. This research study is undertaken to make a little contribution towards creating awareness of the ills of marital infidelity in Idemili North L.G.A.; and to search for the most likely causes and solutions to the problem. The research adopted the systematic sampling approach for the study with a sampling size of 530 resp...

THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATIONS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ANAMBRA STATE (A CASE STUDY OF NJIKOKA L. G. A.)

ABSTRACT This research work was carried out in order to find out the roles played by community based organisations (CBOs) in community development.  The efforts the CBOs are making towards development and hindrances, obstacles they encounter to develop their communities.  The study was based on a survey of 170 respondents through the use of multi-stage sampling technique.  The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire.  Five stated research questions was used to guide the ...

MOTHER-DAUGHTER SEXUALITY COMMUNICATION PATTERN ON ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN ENUGU STATE).

Introduction 1.1Background of the Study The period of adolescence span through the second decade of life and it is characterized by major bio-psycho-social changes which have great implications in the area of adolescent reproductive health. These changes include adjusting to the altered appearance and functioning of a sexuality maturing body, learning to deal with sexual desires, confronting sexual attitudes and values, experimenting with sexual behaviors, and integrating these feelings, atti...

MOTHER-DAUGHTER SEXUALITY COMMUNICATION PATTERN ON ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN ENUGU STATE

INTRODUCTION The period of adolescence span through the second decade of life and it is characterized by major bio-psycho-social changes which have great implications in the area of adolescent reproductive health. These changes include adjusting to the altered appearance and functioning of a sexuality maturing body, learning to deal with sexual desires, confronting sexual attitudes and values, experimenting with sexual behaviors, and integrating these feelings, attitudes and experiences into ...

A STUDY ON INCIDENT OF URBAN DRIFT IN ENUGU STATE (A CASE STUDY OF AWGU TOWN)

INTRODUCTION Charles Darwin (1959) the history of  man from animals wandering in the wilderness which have no fixed home but moved from one tree to another, from on district to another till he attained the states of homo-sapiens like Darwin all historians of  early man like Lamarck (1809). Saw man as a wonder. Thus Karl-Marx (1948) began his easy on man  in his famous book “ the communist manifesto” which goes  thus “in the beginning was man the wonder who went out to gather fruits ...

Gender, Change and Sustainable Development

What is gender? Gender is the range of physical, biological, mental and behavioral characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. Depending on the context, the term may refer to biological sex (i.e. the state of being male, female or intersex), sex-based social structures (including gender roles and other social roles), or gender identity.  Sexologist John Money introduced the terminological distinction between biological sex and gender as a role in...

NIGERIAN MAINTENANE CULTURE: AN INTITUTION INTO NIGERIAN POSTAL SERVICES (NIPOST)

ABSTRACT    This research work was done on Nigerian maintenance culture an investigation  to Nigerian postal service, NIPOST. Is an autonomous extra- ministerial organization.It is cross dimensional. To be more concise this work is restricted to Enugu territory. NIPOST is unique. The same coma any where in Nigeria. This subject has a lot to do with safe guarding, projecting the reliability and prolonging the life span of NIPOST properties with material, valuable and non- material valuable...


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