Department of Kinesiology, Health Education and Recreation Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife Nigeria, Nigeria
Research Article
Air pollution and perceived health threats on the students' in off-campus accommodation in tertiary institutions in Edo State Nigeria
Author(s): Akinnubi CF (Ph.D)* and Owombo Helen Osewumi (M. A.)
This study specifically examined the causes of air and the perceived health threat of air pollution on the students’ health in off-campus residential accommodation. Descriptive survey research design was employed for this study. The population for the study was 200 students each from the federal and state institutions making a total of 400 students’ selected using accidental sampling technique. A self-organized questionnaire was used to collect the data for this study. The questionnaire was validated by experts and the reliability of the instrument was subjected to the use of test re-retest reliability procedures at correlation coefficient of 0.87 which was deemed high. The administration of the questionnaire was successful with the help of 3 trained research assistants. Findings showed that majority of the respondents agreed that many variables were the causes of air poll.. View More»
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