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    Socio-Cultural Factors Inhibiting Female Participation in Sports in Secondary Schools in Egbedore Local Government Area, Osun State. Nigeria
    (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL BENCHMARK (IJEB),, 2016-12-28) Ibraheem, T. O.; Adebayo, T. A.; Adeoye, A. S.; Olaoye, A. K; Ibraheem, M. O.
    The study examined the socio-cultural factors inhibiting female participation in sports in secondary schools in Egbedore Local Government Area, Osun State. The objective of this study was to investigate the socio-cultural factors inhibiting female participation in sports. A descriptive research design of the survey type was employed for this study. The population of the study comprised 599 female students in secondary schools in Egbedore LGA Osun State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select all the 300 hundred (300) female students consisting of 134 female students in JSS classes and 166 female students in SSS classes representing 50% of the total population. Researcher’s designed questionnaire was used to elicit data. The questionnaire was validated by three experts from the Department of Human Kinetics Education and Educational measurement which was tested for reliability; a co-efficient of .76 was obtained through test-retest method using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation. Questionnaire was administrated and collected by the researchers. The null hypotheses were analyzed using of Chi-square statistics at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of this study revealed that; that there was significant influence of religious practice, gender constraints and cultural practice on sports participation among female students in secondary schools in Egbedore LGA, Osun State. With cal,v (70.160) > crit.v (16.92), calc.value (39.347) > crit.value (16.92) and calc. value (99.200) > crit. value (16.92) at 0.05 alpha level and 9 degree of freedom respectively. It was concluded that; there is significant influence of religion, gender constraints and cultural practice on sports participation among female students in secondary schools in Egbedore LGA of Osun State. It was recommended that, school administrators should not allow religious and cultural practices to influence