INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND LOCALITY ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN EKITI STATE.

Abstract

Issue of alcohol use among secondary school students is becoming a thing of concern to the world at large. The present study investigated the influence of gender and locality on alcohol abuse among secondary school students in Ekiti state. The study adopted ex-post facto research design. A total of 200 undergraduates were accidentally sampled in the study. These participants were administered with severe alcohol dependence questionnaire (SADQ) together with demographic information. Three hypotheses were tested in the study using independent samples t-test and none was confirmed significant. Gender has no significant influence on alcohol abuse. . (t=-1.683; df =248; p= >.05). Therefore, hypothesis one was rejected. Locality has no significant influence on alcohol abuse. (t=-1.429; df =248; p= >.05). Therefore, hypothesis two is rejected The result of the tested hypotheses showed that gender and locality has no significant influence on alcohol abuse. (f=-.799; df =1; p= >.05). We therefore reject hypothesis three. Based on these findings, it is concluded that gender and locality does not have a significant influence on alcohol abuse among secondary school students in Ekiti state. On the basis of this findings, the researcher recommended that young people be educated on the use of alcohol, the dangers of taking it too much, what it does to their body system and how it alter things in the brain.