Influence of Gender and School Location on Study Habit Behaviour among Secondary School Students in Lagos State

Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Abdulmutalib Opeyemi Adio

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The research paper examined gender and school location as determinants of study habit behaviour among Secondary School Students in Lagos State. This is a quantitative study. A descriptive research design of the survey type would be adopted. The population of the study would be 800 senior secondary school students in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. A purposive sampling was used to select three schools and 80 student respondents. The researcher's instrument adopted the Akinade instrument on Students Study Habits Inventory. Frequency count and percentage were used to present the demographic information of the students while Chi-Square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) at 0.05 level of significance. The paper showed that there is a significant influence of gender on study habit behaviour among secondary school students in Lagos State. The paper showed that there is a significant relationship between school location and study habit behaviour among secondary school students in Lagos State. It was concluded that the male gender has higher study habits than their female counterparts in Lagos State. The study also concluded that there is a close relationship between urban and rural school students' study habits in Lagos.

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Gender; School Location; Study Habit Behaviour

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