The Role of socioeconomic factors in fertility of Umuahia women in Abia State, Nigeria

Rapid population growth arising from high fertility has been argued as being disadvantageous to the economic growth of countries especially the developing country like Nigeria. This paper examines the role of socioeconomic factors in fertility. The study elicited information from 500 women of the reproductive age of 15-49 years with Davis and Blake framework, economic and intergenerational wealth flows theories of fertility forming the theoretical orientation for the study. The mean age of the respondents and mean number of children were reported as 30.4 years and 3.6 children respectively. Respondents. age was statistically significant with fertility, while ordinal linear regression analysis showed that respondents. levels of educational and marital status were significant determinants of the number of children born by the respondents. There is a fairly high rate of fertility in the study area. Knowledge of these factors influencing fertility is a fundamental step for strategies to achieving sustainable development.Keywords: socio-economic factors, fertility, proximate variables, Abia Stat

Factors Influencing Cheating Tendency in Examinations Among Undergraduate Students of the University of Calabar, Nigeria

The main thrust of this study was to find out factors influencing cheating tendency in examination among undergraduate students of the University Of Calabar. To give the study it's direction, four hypotheses were formulated. Related literatures were reviewed based on the major variables of the study. Ex-post- facto research design was adopted for the study. The major instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The instrument was designed by the researchers with the help of some major experts in measurement and evaluation which give the face and content validity of the instrument. 200 students were randomly selected from Faculty of Education, University of Calabar for the study. The hypotheses formulated were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient analytical technique. The result of the analysis revealed that self-concept, Intelligence, moral value and test anxiety significantly influence students' tendency to be involved in examination malpractice. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that parents and lecturers should endeavour to build good moral in their students so that the students should be aware of the fact that to cheat in an examination is immoral. Examination ethics code of conduct should be produced and distributed in schools and appropriate authorities. This will spell out duties and responsibilities as well as penalties needed for the conduct of examination in our educational system