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Determinants Of Drug Usage Among Females As Perceived By Secondary School Teachers
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA] -
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For both females and males, about 80% of arrests in 2002 – 2003 involved drug consumers and 20% involve profilers of the drugs (producers, importers and dealers) however, this varied according to the type of drug. For example, 35% of heroin arrests, 25% of amphetamines arrest and 21% of cocaine arrests involving females were for provider offences, compare to just 18% of cannabis arrests. The number of females arrested for consumer offences rose by 10% since 1996 – 97 while the number of arrested for provider offences dropped by 32%. This is somewhat different than the pattern for males offenders, which saw a decline in arrests for both consumers (10%) and providers (43%) in 2002 – 2003, 17% of all arrests involved females’ offenders females’ were implicated in a small proportion of arrests for cocaine (13%) and a large proportion of arrests for “other†drugs (21%).
Drug use monitoring in Australia (DUMA) in 2003, 80% of females and 72% of females arrested by the police in the DUMA sample tested positive to at least one drug. Across all sites, females’ detainees were more likely than males to test positive for methamphetamines (41% compared with 28%), benzodiazepines (40% & 24%) and heroin (23% and 14%). Cannabis was the only drug for which a slightly higher proportion of males tested positives (57%) compared with 53% of females).
The difference between males and females fluctuate each year, which may be due to smaller sample sizes for female (Milner, Mouzos and Makkai 2004). However, these percentages are considerable higher than those reported by females in the general population.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT The study examined the determinants of drug usage among females as perceived by secondary school teachers in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. Data were collected from 200 randomly selected teachers through drug usage among females as perceived by secondary school teacher questionnaire. The questionnaire was analysed using simple frequency counts and percentages. The study showed that the use of drug like India herm, cocaine, amphelamines, marijuana and cannabis ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]APPENDIX UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN FACULTY OF EDUCATION COUNSELLOR EDUCATION Factors Responsible for Female Involvement in Drugs Use Questionnaire (FRFIDUQ) Dear Respondent, This questionnaire is designed to find out factors responsible for female involvement in drug use as perceived by Undergraduate Students of University of Ilorin. Please kindly give sincere and objective responses to the items of this questionnaire. All information given will be treat with utmost confidentiality. All information s ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Distribution of Respondents by Gender Table 2: Distribution of Respondent by Age Table 3: Distribution of Respondents by Marital Status Table 4: Distribution of the respondents by Religion Table 5: Ranking order Item by item Analysis of Responses Table 6: Summary Table for the Determinants of Drug Use among Females Table 7: Means Standard Deviations and t-values of Respondents’ Perception of the determina ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page Approval Page Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of Contents List of Tables CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Statement of the Problem Research Questions Research Hypotheses Purpose of the Study Significance of the Study Operational Definition of Terms Scope of the Study CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Introduction Meaning, Nature and Concept of Drug Abuse Causes of Use of Dr ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Research Questions1. What are the determinants of females’ involvement in drug as perceived by secondary school teachers of Ilorin South Local Government Area? 2. Is there any difference in the determinants of drug use among females as perceived by male and female respondents? 3. Is there any difference in the determinants of drug use among females as perceived by respondents on the basis of age? 4. Is there any difference in the determinant of drug use among ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER THREEMETHODOLOGY Introduction In this chapter the method and procedure used in carrying out the investigation are presented. This includes the research design, sample and sampling procedure, instrumentation, (validity and reliability), procedure for data administration and collection, scoring procedure and method of data analysis. Research Design This research adopts the descriptive survey method dealing with eliciting information on the factors responsible for females†... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]Hypothesis ThreeThere is no significant difference in the determinant of drug us among female as perceived by respondents on the basis of Marital Status. Table 9 indicates that the calculated t-value of .31 is less than critical t-value of 1.96. Therefore hypothesis four which stated that “there is no significant difference in the factors responsible for females involvement in drugs use as perceived by respondents on the basis of marital status of parent was accepted because no significant ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Implication of findings The finding of this study revealed that: Agreed that social factors were ranked as the first major factor responsible for females involvement in drug use. Social factors include such factors as: “they want to prevent or abort pregnancy and the exposure through advertisements such on television newspaper, radio billboards etcâ€. The implication of these findings is that more females’ youths will engage in drug use because of the ra ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAdegoke, A.A. (2003). Adolescent in Africa. Revealing the problems of teenagers in a Contemporary Africa Society. Ibadan. Hadassay Publishing. Akinade, E.A. (2005). Dictionary of Guidance and Counselling. Counselling psychology.Australian Bureau of Statistics (2003). Overview of drug use a among women. Australia: Alc Research & Public Policy Series. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004). Overview of drug use among women Australian: Alc Research & Public Policy Series.Australian Crime ... Continue reading---
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT The study examined the determinants of drug usage among females as perceived by secondary school teachers in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. Data were collected from 200 randomly selected teachers through drug usage among females as perceived by secondary school teacher questionnaire. The questionnaire was analysed using simple frequency counts and percentages. The study showed that the use of drug like India herm, cocaine, amphelamines, marijuana and cannabis ... Continue reading---