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The study investigated the relationship among socio-economic background, peer-group and students' academic performance in public secondary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria. Academic performance of secondary schools' students has been traced to so many factors such as government policy, teachers' factor and so on. But this study aimed at finding relationship socio-economic background, peer-group and students' academic performance. The study adopted the descriptive survey research of the ex-post facto type research design. Six hundred and seventeen (617) respondents were used to carry out the study. A self designed questionnaire titled "Questionnaire on Relationship among Socio-Economic Background, Peer-Group and Student Academic Performance in Secondary Schools", (QISEBPGSAPSS) was used to get data while an achievement test was used to measure the academic performance. The reliability of the instrument was given as r = 0.79. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that the following were not significant family income (r = -0.032; P > 0.05); parental educational background (r = -0.012; P > 0.05) and family background (r = 0.242; P 0.05) and peer group (r = 0.137; P < 0.05). Based on the findings, it was recommended that parents should be actively involved in the concern and welfare of their children.

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I Preamble -- 1 The Genesis of Modern Medicine -- Contents -- 1.0 Abstract -- 1.1 Hippocrates as `The Father of Medicine' -- 1.2 Galen as `The Second Hippocrates' -- 1.3 Hippocratic Progress in Medicine -- 1.4 Scientific Progress in Medicine -- 1.4.1 `Basic' vs. `Clinical' Contributions -- 1.4.2 Academic vs. Industrial Contributions -- 1.4.3 Epidemiological Contributions -- 1.5 Progress Leading to Fragmentation -- 2 How to Introduce Modern Medicine -- Contents -- 2.0 Abstract -- 2.1 A Paradigm for the Introduction -- 2.2 Implications of the Paradigm -- 2.3 Insufficiency of the Paradigm -- 2.4 Significance of the Paradigm -- 2.4.1 Significance re Content -- 2.4.2 Significance re Process -- Part II General Concepts of Medicine -- 3 General Concepts of the Objects of Medicine -- Contents -- 3.0 Abstract -- 3.1 Health -- 3.2 Illness -- 3.2.1 Illness as Somatic Anomaly -- 3.2.2 Illness as Hidden or Overt -- 3.2.3 The Prevailing Confusion -- 3.3 Sickness -- 3.3.1 Sickness in Health -- 3.3.2 Sickness from Illness -- 3.3.3 Symptoms and Signs -- 3.3.4 Syndrome of Sickness -- 3.3.5 Overview -- 3.4 Disease -- 3.5 Pathogenesis -- 3.6 Etiogenesis -- 3.6.1 The Concept of Etiogenesis -- 3.6.2 Concepts of Causation -- 3.6.3 Microbes as Pseudocauses -- 3.7 Course -- 3.7.1 The Concept of Course of Illness -- 3.7.2 Complication of Illness -- 3.7.3 Outcome of Illness -- 3.7.4 Overview -- 3.8 Risk -- 3.9 Morbidity -- 3.9.1 The Prevailing Confusion -- 3.9.2 Rates of Morbidity -- 3.9.3 Types of Population -- 3.9.4 Rates vis-à-vis Risks -- 3.10 Mortality -- 3.11 Glossary -- 4 General Concepts of Medicine Itself -- Contents -- 4.0 Abstract -- 4.1 Medicine -- 4.1.1 The Essence of Medicine -- 4.1.2 Surgery in Medicine -- 4.1.3 Branches of Medicine -- 4.1.4 Rational Medicine -- 4.1.5 Scientific Medicine.