IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/onl/gjosss/v9y2023i1p15-24id880.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Broken home, sexual harassment, and educational outcome: Evidence from higher institutions in Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • Abdullahi Buba
  • Idi Adamu
  • Abubakar Salisu
  • Adamu Babayo Usman
  • Farouq Umar Yuguda

Abstract

We examine the effects of broken-home and sexual harassment on the educational performance of undergraduate students of some selected universities in northern Nigeria. Data for the study was collected using an online survey form (google form) which was distributed to the targeted participants through email, WhatsApp, and Facebook respectively. Relevant information on variables of interest for the study was collected from 6 tertiary institutions consisting of one Federal and one State University each from the 3 geopolitical zones of northern Nigeria. Overall, 178 undergraduate students who are in the final year of their program voluntarily participated in the survey and the data was analysed using ordered logistic regression analysis. We find a negative effect between broken home and educational performance whereas, though there exists a negative effect between sexual harassment and educational performance but it is found to be not statistically different from zero. We control for parental socioeconomic status and the demographic characteristics of the students. Based on empirical findings from the study we conclude that broken home has serious negative effects on students’ academic performance. Evidence from the study have both short-run and long-run implications on the Nigerian economy; the long-run implications also have two negative broad dimensions in form of labor market participation and gross reward for labor which may impede growth and development in the long run. Hence, the need for strategic interventions by relevant stakeholders.

Suggested Citation

  • Abdullahi Buba & Idi Adamu & Abubakar Salisu & Adamu Babayo Usman & Farouq Umar Yuguda, 2023. "Broken home, sexual harassment, and educational outcome: Evidence from higher institutions in Nigeria," Global Journal of Social Sciences Studies, Online Science Publishing, vol. 9(1), pages 15-24.
    • Handle: RePEc:onl:gjosss:v:9:y:2023:i:1:p:15-24:id:880
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://onlinesciencepublishing.com/index.php/gjss/article/view/880/1542
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:onl:gjosss:v:9:y:2023:i:1:p:15-24:id:880. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Pacharapa Naka (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.onlinesciencepublishing.com/index.php/gjss/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.