SOCIO ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

This study examined the impact of population growth on the socio economic activities in Egor Local Government Area of Edo state as a case study. It consisted of three (3) research questions, which were used to elicit data from the respondents. The study adopted the survey design. Three research questions were raised and one hypothesis was formulated and tested in
the study. The population under study was 445,800, which comprised of the population in Egor LGA of Edo state as at the time of this research. 100 residents formed the research sample size using Taro Yamane sampling technique. The research instrument used was the structured questionnaire, which was administered to the respondents by the researcher. The data gathered
was analyzed using the IBM SPSS statistics (version 19), where descriptive statistics (Frequency, simple percentage and count) was used to analyze the responses and t-test used to test the hypothesis formulated. Results from the analyzed data indicated that overpopulation is caused by various factors which over the years, has caused damages to the socio economic health of Egor LGA.The study recommends that there should be campaigns to sensitize families on the need to maintain a manageable family size will go a long way in reducing the population size. Secondly, Nigerian families especially the men need to be sensitized on the unbiased strengths of a female child. Lastly policies that check immigration should be taken seriously.