Analysis Of Drug Abuse Among the People Of Kirinyaga County Using Multiple Logistic Regression Model
Journal Title: International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics Invention - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
The main purpose for this research study was to determine the relationship between drug abuse and factors such as lack of awareness, unemployment, poverty and early child exposure to drugs and unemployment among the people of Kirinyaga Central. Data was collected from 357 respondents. The research found a high association between drugs abuse and lack of awareness, unemployment, poverty and low association with early child exposure. A child who was exposed to drugs was 0.6 times more likely to take drugs than one who was not exposed, while a person who was poor was 1.3 times more likely to indulge in drug abuse than one who was not. The odds ratio of unemployment were 1.4 meaning a person who was unemployed was 1.4 times likely to indulge in drugs than one who is employed and the odds of taking drugs due to lack of awareness were 1.4 implying a person who was unaware was 1.4 times likely to take drugs than one who was aware. The odds ratios were determined at 95% confidence intervals. The model which had the lowest value of AIC involved three variables, unemployment, lack of awareness and poverty. The government through NACADA should create more sensitization and awareness on drug abuse especially in group forums or. Unemployment rate can be reduced by sensitizing people to set their own business so that they get income, have no idle time thereby reducing poverty.
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Josephine Njeri Ngure, Gitonga Harun, Kinyanjui Jeremiah, Gideon Lang’at
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