| dc.description.abstract | Marriage is seen as a sacred institution among the Yoruba speaking people of
Nigeria. It is therefore alarming to note that cohabitation which was a foreign
phenomenon is gaining ground in Nigeria. Therefore, this research work was carried
out to examine the perception of cohabitation among Christians in Ilishan-Remo,
Ogun state.
Ilishan-Remo, being a community with many Christian Churches, was a good
ground for this research work. Four Christian Churches – two Orthodox (Seventh-day
Adventist and Methodist) and two Pentecostal (Redeem Christian Church and Winner
Chapel)– were selected through multi-stage sampling technique. In the first stage, the
Churches in Ilishan-Remo were stratified into Orthodox and Pentecostal, in the
second stage four churches as mentioned above were purposively selected from the
existing denominations. Out of these, 200 subjects were conveniently selected from
the four churches (50 respondents from each Church). Data collected was analyzed
using descriptive statistics.Analysis of the data gathered revealed that cohabitation was viewed by the
majority of the respondents as a modern day phenomenon. They however perceived
that cohabitation is adopted by a lot of people due to many factors which include peer
pressure, exposure to explicit contents on the internet and television, poor economy
and use of drugs.
The study observed that Christian religious affiliation is a major deterrent to
the practice of cohabitation. The study concluded that most Christians in Ilishan Remo would not cohabit even if given the opportunity. This is probably because of
their religious affiliation. Recommendations were made and further researches in the
area of rate of cohabitation among youths and other religious sects in Nigeria were
suggested. | en_US |
