Social Demographic Factors and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Adoption Constrains Amongst Small and Medium Scale Farmers in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Sunday Olufemi Akintelu ◽  
Simon Awojide ◽  
Amos Olufemi Akinbola ◽  
Waliu Mulero Adegbite
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
Ict Training

This study examined the probable effects that socio-demographic factors and constraints has on ICTs employed in farm activities among two local governments of Edo State, Nigeria. A random sampling technique was used to collect data from 75 small and medium-scale farmers through 150 structured questionnaires. The data collected were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that farmers in the location sampled uses ICT in farm activities, with the frequency of use influenced by age, educational status, and other allied factors. The result of ANOVA shows that educational variation is a strong factor (p< 0.05) influencing the adoption of ICT in the regions. Against the backdrop of these findings, it is suggested that a holistic approach towards the use of ICT in farm activities be developed and supported by government with respect to ICT infrastructural acquisition, farm extension services, ICT training, and financial support to farmers. These measures will no doubt help to modernize agricultural and consequently enhance productivity and innovation.

scholarly journals Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and Socio-Demographic Factors among Women in North Central Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
S G Goar ◽  
G K Ayuba ◽  
F P Tungchama ◽  
Y T Maigari ◽  
M T Agbir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

The patterns of alcohol consumption among females  is of enormous public health concerns, as harmful consumption poses danger to their health, welfare, children and to the civil society. The study objectives were to determine the current prevalence of alcohol use, the related socio-demographic factors and the patterns of alcohol consumption. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study in Jos North Local Government Area, carried out from March to July, 2017 after ethical clearance was obtained. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select the participants who were age 18 years and above. A total of 272 females with an age range of 18 to 60 years responded. The mean age was 28.8±8.6 years. Majority 112(41.2%) were in the age group of 25-34 years. Most of them were never married 168 (61.8%), protestants 151(55.4%) and had secondary education 97(35.7%). About half of them were employed (148(54.4%) with 167(61.4%) of them earned an average monthly income of 20,000 naira or less. One hundred and fifty nine (58.5%) use alcohol in the family. The estimated prevalence of life time use, current use and abstention were 79.4%, 41.2% and 20.6% respectively. Of the current users 35(31.1%) were low risk while hazardous, harmful and dependent users were 30(26.8%), 21(18.8%) and 26(23.2%) respectively. The sociodemographic variables associated with current alcohol use were history of family use (χ2 = 3.088, df = 1, p = 0.01) and educational status (χ2 = 8.797, df = 3, p = 0.03). These findings call for immediate advocacy and sensitization of awareness concerning prevention, treatment and rehabilitation to stem the tide of deleterious patterns of alcohol consumption among females in the community.

Is the choice of less-polluting modes of transport for non-work purposes affected by socio-demographic factors? Evidence from India

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taru Saigal ◽  
Arun Kr. Vaish ◽  
N.V. Muralidhar Rao
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

PurposeUsing survey data of a developing country city, this study aims to examine the impact of different socio-demographic factors on the choice of less-polluting modes of transport for purposes other than work.Design/methodology/approachStratified random sampling technique is employed and data on socio-demographic characteristics and mode of transport used is collected. Descriptive statistics complemented with a logit model of choice probabilities is implemented on the data obtained.FindingsMajority of the population in the city uses motorized means of transportation irrespective of the socio-demographic changes existing among them. Women, the individuals belonging to the youngest age group, the least economically well-off group of people, the least educated and the non-working are the individuals more likely to use more of less-polluting modes and less of more-polluting modes for non-work purposes as compared to their counterparts.Research limitations/implicationsThe study also calls for the development of an efficient and secured system of public transportation and non-motorized transportation in the city in such a way so as to neither hamper the goal of sustainability nor the goal of empowerment.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first time a comprehensive analysis of the influence of socio-demographic factors on choice of type of mode of transport is carried out in this region of the developing world. This analysis will facilitate the policy makers in catering to the transportation needs of different segments of the society.

scholarly journals Persuasive Da’wah Agenda based on Sociodemographic Factors: A Study in Cimahi

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Bambang Saiful Ma'arif ◽  
Umar Yusuf ◽  
Suliadi Suliadi ◽  
Parihat Parihat
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Important Data ◽  
Sociodemographic Factor ◽  
Religious Theme ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

This paper is a result of primary research titled “Mapping the Profile of Persuasive Da’wah Agenda in Cimahi City.” Cimahi is well known as the industrial centre of ‘creative animation’. The method of research is quantitative by conducting surveys through questionnaires to 399 respondents in Cimahi using multistage random sampling technique. This paper presents important data on the socio-demographic factors of the citizens which can be basic in planning the effective da’wah activities. The sociodemographic factor aforementioned are age, education, and gender of respondents. Those factors must be accurately identified in order to plan the persuasive da’wah. The views of the citizens toward da’wah activity can be parameters toward persuasive da’wah, including what religious theme they preferred to, their preference on the actual da’wah themes, their liking on entrepreneurial da’wah, etc. Citizens give responses to da’wah agenda of both bil-lisan (da’wah through speech) and bil-hal (da’wah through one’s character). The more accepted a da’wah, it means the more persuasive the da’wah is. When citizens do not like the da’wah, it can be said an unpersuasive one. Da’wah persuasion is closely related to its acceptability by the citizens.

scholarly journals Social Support, Socio Demographic Factors and Elder Abuse: A Quantitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Mobolaji Grace Olasupo ◽  
Mathew Olugbenga Olasupo ◽  
Dare Azeez Fagbenro
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
T Test ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Elder abuse has continued to be a serious concern to many stakeholders in the world and Nigeria as reported by researchers, as well as various media platforms. It is from this fact that this present study examined the role of social support and socio demographic factors on elder abuse in Ile-Ife Osun state, Nigeria. Theory of social exchange provided the theoretical framework while a descriptive survey was adopted. Three hundred and ninety-two (392) respondents (Males = 192, Females = 200, M = 70.77, S.D. = 6.33) were selected using a purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire comprising demographics variables, elder abuse scale (α = .65), and social support scale (α = .94). Data were analysed using T-test for independence measure and analysis of variance (ANOVA). T-test for independent statistics revealed that social support differentiated the experienced elder abuse t(390) = -3.33; p < .001). There were some gender differences in elder abuse (t(390) = 2.20; p = .028). There was no significant relationship between socioeconomic status and elder abuse (F(3, 389) = 1.46;  p = .225). The study concluded that social support and gender played a vital role with elder abuse in Osun state. The study, therefore, recommended that government should provide appropriate social support such as prompt payment of pension and gratuity, provision of feeding, good, as well as living arrangements with special attention on elderly men

A study on influence of education and occupation on family planning practices in rural Shamirpet, R.R. District, T.S., India.

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 5525
Author(s):  
Vijayasree L.
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Safe Motherhood ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Contraceptive Usage ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Family planning is an important pillar for safe motherhood and good reproductive health and is influenced by number of socio-demographic factors. Since fertility in India is primarily marital this study was planned among married women. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 402 women of reproductive age group. Details regarding various socio-demographic factors with special emphasis on education and occupation of husband and wife and their socio-economic status and its relation to contraceptive usage were studied. Prevalence of contraception was found to be 61.7%. Contraceptive usage had a significantly positive relation with literacy status of women, socio economic status of the couple. On the other hand husband’s educational status, occupation of women, husband’s occupation did not have any relation with contraceptive usage.

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND LOCUS OF CONTROL ON MENTAL HEALTH AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-55
Author(s):  
Sameeta N g ◽  
Meena H
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
College Life ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
College Going ◽  
Time To Learn ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
Oriented Activity

Background and objectives: To study the relationship between socio-demographic factors and locus of control on mental health among college students.Methods: The sample size consists of 150 cases of college going students out of which 75 cases were males and 75 cases were females. Students within the age group of 18-23 years and who were willing to participate and give informed consent were selected through stratied random sampling technique. The semi structured performa, Rotter's locus of control scale by Anand Kumar and Srivastava and mental health inventory by Jagdish and Srivastava were used to collect the data. Results: The nding of the study showed no relationship between the socio demographic proles of the study sample and locus of control. Further it was found that the overall mental health and locus of control have no relationship. However, the present study showed an association between two components of mental health (positive self evaluation and group oriented attitude) and locus of control indicating that students with internal locus of control have more positive self evaluation and group oriented activity than those who have an external locus of control.Conclusion: The present study concluded that the socio demographic factors had no relationship with the locus of control of the students and also there was no association with the overall mental health of the students with the locus of control. The stage of transition from school to college life is marked by a lot of adjustment issues and stress associated with academic pressure and various other environmental factors. This is a crucial time to learn and adopt adaptive and healthy ways of dealing with the various demands of the new environment. The study would enable students to understand how they give meaning to events in life and thus will help them understand themselves better. Further the current study would also be helpful in exploring the level of mental health of the students and providing necessary intervention if needed.

scholarly journals The Moderating Effect of Socio-Demographic Characteristics on Subjective Wellbeing

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olusegun Mayungbo
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

The independent association between socio-demographic characteristics and subjective well-being is well studied, however, the moderating impact of those characteristics are yet to be established in literature. This study examines the moderating influence of socio-demographic characteristics on subjective well-being among residents in Ibadan metropolis. Using a descriptive survey design and a multistage sampling technique, 10 enumeration areas each were selected from the five major Local Government Areas (LGAs) with simple random technique. The number of participants on the selected enumeration areas were determined with enumeration area maps. Two hundred and twenty participants each were selected from each LGA, using a systematic technique, making a total of 1,100 participants. A questionnaire focusing on socio-demographic profile and life satisfaction scale (r=0.74) was administered to the participants. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, co-relational analysis, moderated hierarchical multiple regression and analysis of variance at 0.05 level of significance. Two hypotheses were tested. The result reveals that socio-demographic factors jointly predicted life satisfaction (F (1, 1007) =4.61, p<.001). Age and marital status also interacted to predict life satisfaction (β=-0.13, t=-3.58, p<.01; β = -0.08, t=1.98, p<.05). The interaction effect of social demographic factors should be considered in a comprehensive examination of subjective wellbeing.

scholarly journals Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with hypertension among rural and urban population of Kisii County, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex O. Ondieki ◽  
Harun M. Kimani ◽  
Titus M. Kahiga
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Epidemiologic Transition ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Background: Hypertension (HTN) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. 9.4 out of the 20 million cardiovascular deaths are due to HTN. HTN has often been described to be more prevalent in urban areas. However, there has been an epidemiologic transition from urban to rural areas which often go unreported or underreported. This gap therefore called for a study to compare the prevalence of HTN burden and assess how socio-demographic factors contribute to HTN development among the rural and urban population.Methods: This study methodology focused on HTN among residents aged 30-69 years, from urban and rural population of Nyaribari Chache sub county, Kisii County, Kenya using a descriptive cross sectional study in which 490 respondents were interviewed. Sampling involved a random sampling technique which entailed household selection. Data was analysed using statistical package for social scientists (SPSS) version 21.Results: The prevalence of HTN for the sampled population was 44.668%. The prevalence of HTN was 44.134% in rural and 43.598% in urban areas. Rural population were more at risk of developing HTN than urban (OR=1.135 and RR=1.072). On general health, those who had ever been told that they had hypertension (p<0.000), ever been told that they had hypertension for the past 12 months (p=0.000) and those who were currently taking hypertension medication (p=0.026) were statistically significant variables.Conclusions: The study concludes that residents in rural population have higher prevalence of hypertension. Further, female respondents, those who are currently married, completed primary school education and were self-employed reported to have a higher prevalence of hypertension.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic factors on food insecurity among rural school going children in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Ashekur Rahman Mullick ◽  
Md Shafiur Rahman ◽  
Manzurul Haque Khan ◽  
Irin Hossain ◽  
SK Akhtar Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Domestic Animal ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Background: This study aimed to assess the extent of socio-demographic factors that affect food insecurity among rural school going children. Methods: A school based cross-sectional study was conducted among 460  rural  school  going children  (class 4  to class I 0) in Saltha upaziila of Faridpur district, Bangladesh  from  January-December,  2019.  Children  providing assent after getting consent from their parents were inducted as study participants. Semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the food insecurity and socio-demographic variables. The study was conducted in  Saltha upaziila of Faridpur district, Bangladesh from January-December, 2019 Results: Among the participants about 59.3% were moderately food insecure which means they were deprived of psychological and physical access to food. 53.7% were female and 88.3% of them were Muslims , 30.7% were from class 8, 70.7% were from nuclear family, 93% had siblings , 92% resided into house on their own land , 78.5% had own agricultural land and in 52.7% cases participant's father were farmer and their mean income was 98208.18 ± 13618.196 Taka per. 35.2% lived in both Semi Pucca house and Tin Shade house and 7 I% had domestic animal in their hou se, such as goat, sheep, cow, duck, hen etc., 41.5% had television in their house but 52% didn't have refrigerator in their house. There was a statistically significant relationship between food insecurity and age of participants (p- 0.000),educational status (p- 0.000),head of family (p- 0.008),occupation of father (p- 0.0IO). yearly ineome of family member (p-0.000), house type (p-0.000). Conclusion: National policies and programs need to stress on how to improve family income earning capacity and socioeconomic status to handle food insecurity. JOPSOM 2020; 39(1): 67-72

scholarly journals Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Depression among Patients with Tuberculosis attending TB Clinic of Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ellen Nagaddya Kisembo
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tb Treatment ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Abstract Background: Depression is a major cause of the global disease burden, affecting an estimated 350-400 million people worldwide. This makes it the largest contributor to Years Lived with Disability (YLDs) globally Methodology: It was a descriptive cross sectional study with an analytic component in which 82 patients already diagnosed with TB were recruited for the study using stratified sampling technique and convenient sampling technique. PHQ-9 was used to assess for presence and severity of depression, a score above 9 was considered to be depressed. Socio-demographic questionnaire was used to obtain the socio-demographic characteristics. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS 23rd version, Chi-square test and T-test were used to find associations of socio-demographic factors to depression. Results: The prevalence of depression was 54.9%, out of whom 22.2%, 66.7% and 11.1% had mild, moderate and severe depression respectively. Depression was more prevalent in patients from a nuclear family (34.1%), in age group of 31 to 60 years (32.9%), treatment duration of 1 month (31.7%), among the females (29.3%), and patients who were unemployed 28%. Conclusion: In conclusion, the prevalence of depression (54.9%) in TB patients is high, with most patients moderately depressed and this could be associated with multiple socio-demographic factors like being female, age of 30-60 years, unemployment, low education level, being in the intensive phase of TB treatment, HIV and TB co-morbidity. Recommendations: There is need for integration of mental health services into TB treatment to ensure routine screening, early diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders like depression to prevent their co-morbidity with TB, which often has negative treatment outcomes. There is need to carry out more research on depression in patients with TB to widen knowledge about this problem.

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