Abstract

The study examined the relationship between demographic trends and civic engagement of senior secondary school students in Ife East Local Government Area, Osun State, it also determined the relationship between behavioural patterns and civic engagement of senior secondary school students, and also, investigated the joint influence of demographic trends and behavioural patterns on senior secondary school students' civic engagement in Ife East Local Government Area, Osun State. These were done with a view to enhancing and improving senior secondary school students' civic engagement in the study area. The study adopted a descriptive research design of correlational type. The population of the study comprised all senior secondary school students in Ife East Local Government Area, Osun State. The sample for the study comprised two hundred (200) senior secondary school students selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument used is a validated questionnaire titled: Demographic Trends and Behavioural Patterns Questionnaire (DTBPQ). Data collected were analysed using frequency, percentage, Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and regression analysis statistical tools. The results of the study showed that there was significant relationship between demographic trends and civic engagement of senior secondary school students in Ife East Local Government Area, Osun State (r = 0.771; p < 0.05). Likewise, the study revealed that there was significant relationship between behavioural patterns and civic engagement of senior secondary school students in the study area (r = 0.811; p < 0.05). Similarly, the study further showed that there was significant influence of demographic trends and behavioural patterns on senior secondary school students' civic engagement in the study area (F = 3.216; p<0.05). The study concluded that demographic trends and behavioural patterns significantly predicted senior secondary school students' civic engagement in Ife east Local Government Area, Osun State.