Browsing by Author "Arinde-Simeon, T.O."

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    Peer influence, social economic status and employment as predictors of youth engagement in sport betting in Ilorin metropolis
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, 2020-06) Abdulhameed, A; Yusuf, M.S.; Arinde-Simeon, T.O.
    The study examined peer influence, socio-economic status and unemployment as predictors of youth engagement in sport betting in Ilorin Metropolis. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 8 major betting centres in the area of study and simple random sampling technique was used to select 312 correspondents in the selected betting centres. A semistructured questionnaire titled, “Peer Influence Socio-Economic Status Unemployment and Sport Betting Questionnaire (PISEFUSBQ)” was used for gathering data for the study. The data collected were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and Multiple Regression. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. The findings revealed that there was positive significant relationship between peer influence and sport betting (r = .640, P< .05). Also there was positive significant relationship between socio-economic status and sport betting (r =.682 P< .05).Similarly, there was positive significant relationship between unemployment and sport betting (r = .666 P< .05). The joint contribution of Peer Influence, Socio-economic status and Unemployment as predictors of Youth's Engagement in Sport Betting was significant F = 134.269 p<.05 ; The relative contribution of unemployment (β=0.353, t=7.029, p<.05), socio-economic status (β=0.299, t=4.704, p<.05), and peer influence (β=0.199, t=3.320, p>.05) with unemployment being the most influential factor, followed by Socio-economic status and peer influence. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that efforts must be intensified by government and relevant stakeholders to provide employment opportunities to the youths in order to drive away the habit of sport betting. Youths should be enlightened and sensitised by parents, government and Non- governmental Organisations (NGOs) on the dangers associated with having bad peers as friends.