INCIDENCE OF RAPE AS PERCEIVED BY TERTIARY INSTITUTION STUDENTS IN ONDO, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated incidence of rape as perceived by tertiary institution students. A survey research design was used in the study. The population consisted of all students in Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo. A sample of two hundred and fifty students were randomly selected for the study. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The instrument was subjected to pilot test in which Cronbach alpha reliability method was used. A reliability coefficient of 0.85 was obtained. Data was analysed using mean, ranking and t-test. The results revealed that there is incidence of rape. It was also found that gender, marital status and family type have significant influence on perception of incidence of rape among tertiary institution students (t = 6.20; p<0.05; t = 9.371, p<0.05 and t = 4.964, p<0.05) respectively while religion does not (t = 1.002, p>0.05). It was therefore recommended that public attitudes towards rape should be changed through the use of media, theatre, public meetings, religious meetings and debates among others.    Keywords: Incidence, perception, rape