Predictors of Nigerian Intention to Donate Money and Time for Adult Literacy Cause in a University Community.
| dc.contributor.author | Ambali, T. T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fajonyomi, A. A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-27T12:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-27T12:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-12-08 | |
| dc.description | SCUTREA Conference Proceedings (2016) www.scutrea.ac.uk pg72-80 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract The paper examined factors that predict intentions of Nigerians in the University community to voluntarily donate their money and time, particularly for the cause of adult literacy. It is evoked by the challenges of inadequate and dwindling statutory financial allocations to adult literacy. More, there are evidences that adult education is unfairly treated in terms of resource allocations when compared with school education. Precisely, the objectives of the paper are three folds: ascertains levels of money and time donation intentions well as determines the relationship between both, and identifies variables that make significant contributions to variation in money and time donation intentions. As there was no national statistics indicating donation behaviour, a sample of 420 respondents was drawn from the University of Ilorin community multi-stage sampling technique to cover lecturing staff, non-lecturing staff, students and non-university workers. The university community was chosen for its heterogeneity and cosmopolitanism. Informed by theories of volunteerism and planned behaviour well as review of literature, a questionnaire tagged 'Donation Intentions of Money and Time Questionnaire (DloMTQ)' was developed and validated. The DloMTQ contained items related to age, gender, marital status, religion, status of employment, highest academic qualifications, income level, religiosity, and attitude towards adult literacy which constitute independent variables (predictors) as well as items to measure 'money donation intention' and 'time donation intention' as response variables. Split-half reliability test was done separately for each group and for the entire group using Kuder-Richardson 21 technique. A reliability coefficient of 0.746 was obtained for whole group while separate groups had coefficients ranging from 0.812 to 0.640. All of the coefficients were found to be statistically significant, hence the questionnaire was considered fit for the study. The questionnaire was administered on the respondents at different times and locations: students in the classrooms; university staff in the offices and vendors/ drivers in shops/park. The administration was done by the authors and three assistants who were adequately informed about the purpose of the exercise and how it should be conducted with emphasis on being courteous. Data collected through the questionnaire were analysed. Prior to the statistical analysis, the data collected were adequately coded to generate appropriate dummy or interval variables. For instance variables of gender, marital status, religion and employment status were treated as dummy variables by awarding 1 point to main category and 0 to the alternative(s). Age attracted points ranging from 1 to 6; highest academic qualification was on 7-point increments and monthly income/allowance was on 6-point increments. Religiosity had a total of 15 points for three items and attitude a maximum of 50 for ten items drawn on 5-point Scale. On the dependent variables, each of the money donation intention and time donation intention got maximum point of eight. Descriptive statistics frequency, mean and standard deviation well as inferential statistics of multiple correlation and multiple regression analyses were applied. Statistical decision on significance of contributory and explanatory powers of the variables was taken at 0.05 probability level. The findings revealed that all the variables explained 6.5% of money donation intention variance and 10.8% of time donation variance. Religiosity was the most powerful predictor of money donation intention, followed by never married and age variables while married variable was the strongest predictor of time donation intention and next was that of never married, and once married, non-university workers, academic staff, income in descending order. Commonly found variables of age, gender, and attitude did not make the lists in both cases. Results suggested the need for further exploration with bulk of variance unexplained as well indicated that defining predictors of giving may be subject to cause and group involved. Key words: Predictors, Nigerian Intentions, Donate Money, Time, Adult Literacy, University Community | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Co-author | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nil | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/5561 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Published by Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Leicester: England Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults: Conference Proceedings | en_US |
| dc.subject | Predictors, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nigerian Intentions, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Donate Money, Time, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adult Literacy, | en_US |
| dc.subject | University Community | en_US |
| dc.title | Predictors of Nigerian Intention to Donate Money and Time for Adult Literacy Cause in a University Community. | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Predictors of Nigerian Intention to Donate Money and Time for Adult Literacy Cause in a University Community. | en_US |
| dc.type | Book chapter | en_US |