ROLES OF RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT AND SEX ON ALCOHOL ABUSE

Abstract

This study investigated Gender and Locality as determinants of Alcoholism among adults. A total of 128 participants comprising of 88 males (48 from Urban centre and 40 from Rural area)40 females (20 from Urban centre and 20 from Rural area).The participants were within the age range 20-55 years with a mean age of 35 years. Ugwuoba community and Enugu North, both in Enugu state were used for sampling. Mac-Andrew Alcoholism Scale was used for data collection (Mac- Andrew, 1965).2x2 factorial design was adopted while two-way ANOVA statistics was employed for data analysis. Thus, Gender yielded a significant effect on Alcoholism, f, (1, 124) = 120.5, P>.01 level of significance. Locality also yielded a significant effect on Alcoholism f, (1, 124) = 69.6 ,P>.01 level of significance. A significant interaction effect of gender and locality was observed. f (1,124) = 5.4,P >.05 level of significance. Findings were discussed and recommendations were also made.