Religiosity, Gender, and Educational Attainment as Predictors of Drug Abuse in South Africa: A Logistic Regression Approach

Religiosity, Gender, and Educational Attainment as Predictors of Drug Abuse in South Africa: A Logistic Regression Approach

The study examined religiosity, gender, and educational attainment as predictors of drug abuse in South Africa. Cross-sectional data from 2015 South Africa General Household survey was used for the study. Data was analyzed on 47,275 respondents ages 18 to 114 years. The mean age of the respondents w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bangladesh e-journal of sociology 2017-07, Vol.14 (2), p.64
Hauptverfasser: Olasupo, Matthew O, Idemudia, Erhabor S
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Sprache:eng
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Citizens
Drug abuse
Economic models
Educational attainment
Gender
Religion
Religiosity
Religious behavior
Religious education
Respondents
Substance abuse
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Zusammenfassung:The study examined religiosity, gender, and educational attainment as predictors of drug abuse in South Africa. Cross-sectional data from 2015 South Africa General Household survey was used for the study. Data was analyzed on 47,275 respondents ages 18 to 114 years. The mean age of the respondents was 40.3 (SD = 16.42). Results showed that religiosity has significant effect on drug abuse χ2 (df = 3) = 37.81, p
ISSN:1819-8465