Socio-demographic correlates of academic procrastination among undergraduates

This study determined the relationship between some socio-demographic variables of undergraduates, and their academic procrastination behaviors. A cross sectional survey involving 250 participants that comprised 125 females and 125 males was used for the study. A research protocol was used to elicit information on respondents’ bio-data, and self-reported behaviour of procrastination and religious orientation using the General Procrastination Scale (GPS) and Religious orientation Scale (ROT), respectively. The result of this study indicates that, religiosity did not significantly relate to academic procrastination among the participants, (r = 0.016, p = .802, p > .05). The study also, found a significant relationship existed between undergraduates in their first year of university education, and those in their sophomore year and higher levels of undergraduate studies and their behaviour of academic procrastination (F = 3.426, p = .010, p < .05). This result implies that, students at different levels of undergraduate studies engage in various levels of academic procrastination, with those in their first year of undergraduate studies procrastinating more than those in their sophomore year and higher levels of undergraduate studies. The study concluded that, religiosity has no relationship with academic procrastination among participants, while students in their first year of university education procrastinated more often than those in other levels of undergraduate studies.