HUMAN KINETICS FEMALE STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to examine Human Kinetics female students’ perspective on social-cultural factors influencing sports participation among female student athletes. To guide this study, three research question were raised. The descriptive survey research design was adopted to accomplish the objectives of the study. The population of study was Two hundred and Twenty students (220) human kinetics female students in the Department of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Education. The sample size for the study comprised of One hundred (100) undergraduate student athletes of the University of Benin. The main instrument of this research is a 18 item self-structured questionnaire which was validated by the researcher’s supervisors and two other experts, all from the Department of Human Kinetics and Sports Science, University of Benin. The instrument was tested for reliability using the split-half reliability method. The research instrument was administered twice to a small sample within an interval of two weeks. The results showed a reliability coefficient of 0.88 which was considered high, acceptable and accurate. Data collection was carried out by the researcher, and the collected data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 21. The descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Coefficient was used for the data analysis.