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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in March 2026 (Volume 29, Issue 3) Submit manuscript

Socio-demographic factors influencing the level of drug abuse among undergraduates in tertiary institutions in Ebonyi State

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Jude N Nwafor 1, Lois N Omaka-Amari 2, Raphael E Ochiaka 3, Eunice N Afoke 2 Christian O Aleke 2, * and Emeka M Osman 2

1 Department of Physical and Health Education, Ebonyi State University College of Education Ikwo, Nigeria.
2 Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
3 Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 12(01), 378-386
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.1.0460
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.1.0460
 
Received on 28 August 2021; revised on 21 October 2021; accepted on 23 October 2021
 
This study examined the demographic factors influencing the level of drug abuse among undergraduates of Ebonyi State University. To achieve this, three objectives and corresponding research questions were posed and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at. 05 level of significance. The study design was a descriptive cross-sectional survey. A sample of 943 students was drawn from a population of 18859 students. The instrument for data collection was a three-item questionnaire titled: Level of Drug Abuse Survey questionnaire (LDASQ) with a reliability coefficient of 0.93. Data were analyzed using Frequency, Percentage and chi-square statistic. The results of the study showed among others, that more males (56.7%) than females (35.2%) abused drugs. There was significant association between student gender and level of drug abuse among university students in Ebonyi state. It was recommended among others that the Ministry of Education (Federal and State) must as a matter of urgency add to their curricular drug education for both the primary and secondary schools to enable students understand the adverse effect of drug abuse and as well develop attitude that will help them resist the temptation to abuse drugs even as they enter into high institutions.
 
Demographic factors; Drug abuse; Undergraduates; Ebonyi State
 
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Jude N Nwafor, Lois N Omaka-Amari, Raphael E Ochiaka, Raphael E Ochiaka, Eunice N Afoke, Christian O Aleke and Emeka M Osman. Socio-demographic factors influencing the level of drug abuse among undergraduates in tertiary institutions in Ebonyi State. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 12(1), 378-386. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.1.0460

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