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Prevalence of Khat Chewing and its Effects on Academic Performance among Wollega University Students

Prevalence of Khat Chewing and its Effects on Academic Performance among Wollega University Students

Getahun, Gemechu

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Business General

ISBN10: 3346103935
ISBN13: 9783346103932
Publisher: Grin Verlag
Published: Mar 3 2020
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: Excellent (A), Ethiopian Civil Service University, course: Development Economics, language: English, abstract: Khat is a psycho stimulant basil globally consumed by millions, regardless of gender, religion, education, profession, philosophy and occupation. A significant number of educated group of Ethiopian society engaged in chewing, mainly for intellectual stimulation and recreation. Past studies revealed that khat chewing was associated with poor academic performance among students. While khat has harmful penalty, little is known about effect of khat chewing among university students in Ethiopia. This thesis aimed to explore the prevalence, determinants and effect of khat chewing on academic performance among Wollega University students. Methodologically the study used an explanatory sequential research design. Quantitative data was gathered through University based cross-sectional survey conducted in Feb 2017 among randomly selected 358 students using multi-stage sampling technique. Moreover, the in-depth interviews (N=4) and focus group discussions (N=10) was done using semi-structured questionnaires. Binary logistic regression model was employed to identify determinants of khat chewing behavior with in a framework of imputed data and survey design analysis. Two-limit tobit regression model was used to evaluate predictors of academic performance. The study reveals that prevalence of current regular, lifetime and last semester khat chewing were 24.3%,29%and 27.4%respectively.Students who comes from khat growing area(AOR=20[0.04-0.17]), who have chewer friends(AOR=5.3[5-8.8]), who lives out of campus with friends(AOR=9.2 (3.3-5.01]), whose year of study was third year(AOR=7.4( 0.04-1.27]), students from Nekemte campus (AOR=17.8[1.6-4.8]) and students who perceived khat enhances performance(AOR=2.9[1.4-7.8]) were more likely to chew khat. It is also found that khat chewin

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