Olamide MSc Dissertation

List of Tables Page
Table 4.1 Age Distribution of Respondents 46
Table 4.2 Marital Status 48
Table 4.3 Smoking Habits 49
Table 4.4 Alcohol Drinking Habits 50
Table 4.5 Chi-square test rests of knowledge of drug abuse 51
Table 4.6 Identification of commonly abused drugs 52
Table 4.7 Abuse of illicit drugs only 53
Table 4.8 Chi-square calculation of peer pressure a powerful influence in introducing Nigerian university students to drugs 54
Table 4.9 Chi-square test results of drugs affect the mind, brain and body 55
Table 4.10 Chi-square test results of preventing Nigerian university students from doing drugs 57

List of Figures

Figure 1: Pie chart illustrating sex distribution of respondents 47
Figure 2: Bar chart illustrating respondents’ religion 48

List of Appendixes

Appendix ‘A’: Request to complete questionnaire 64
Appendix ‘B’: Calculation of chi-square test results of Research Question one 69
Appendix ‘C’: Computation of Mean Item Score (MIS) for commonly abused drugs 70
Appendix ‘D’: Calculation of chi-square test results of Research Question three 71
Appendix ‘E’: Calculation of chi-square test results of Research Question five 72

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to investigate the perception of drug abuse among Nigerian university students. The research was conducted in three universities in Lagos metropolitan – University of Lagos; Lagos State University and Caleb University. The study’s objectives are to determine university students’ knowledge about drug abuse; identification of most commonly used drugs on campuses; peer pressure, a powerful influence in introducing undergraduate students to drugs; psycho-social effects of drug abuse on undergraduates and whether drug abuse is preventable.

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