Abstract:
This study investigated the factors influencing teenagers to engage in
premarital sex at AlC Huruma. The data of this study was collected through openended
questions interview method with fifteen informants. The responses were later
recorded and analyzed.
The outcome of this study shows that youth perceived that sex was for the
married couples. However, they practiced premarital sex due to some of the factors
that influenced them as seen in the study. The study indicates that the major
influencing factor in the premarital sex is peer pressure among others. The data
analysis in this research was that youth's interest on premarital sex is influenced by
peer pressure, lack of sex education, physical body changes, television, and low
economic standards whether the youth are Christian or not Christian. Therefore, the
theory that emerged from the data is that the youth consciously understood premarital
sex depending on the level of interest of the factors that influenced them.
The study revealed that the youth practiced sex at one point in life and so they
need a lot of guidance, direction and counseling which ideally is supposed to be
determined by the church. There should be a proper policy on youth curriculum.
Recommendations to this study were made to show that the church has a great
responsibility on the lives of teenagers. There is need to have intensive teachings and
training of the youth on different issues of life. The church, counselors, and teachers
should design a holistic curriculum for the youth particularly in the area of their
unique needs.
