CHAPTER FOUR

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION

                                                              OF FINDINGS       

4.0.      Introduction

This chapter presents the results in reference to objectives in chapter one; Age of respondents, education level of respondents, religious denomination of the respondents and the review of study objectives.

4.1 Findings on the age category of respondents

Table 4.1 showing the age category of the respondents

Source: primary data

The results in the study indicate that majority of the respondents are in the age bracket of  18-30 years as indicated in table 4.1 above and their percentage is 48% , this indicates that majority of the respondents are still youthful and therefore the researcher did not find it had asking them questions.

The table 4.1 further indicates that 39.3% of the respondents are in the age bracket of 31-50 years while 12% of the respondents are in the age bracket of 51 years and above, this findings further indicates that most of the respondents  are well experienced and there have enough information regarding the subject of the study.

Figure 4.1 showing the age of respondents’ category

Findings from figure 4.1 above indicates that most of the respondents are in the age category of 18-30 years, the table further indicates that the number of people in the age bracket of 31-50 years is equally high and the least number of respondents are in the age bracket of 51 years and above.

4.2 Findings on the marital status of respondents

Source: Primary Data

The results in the study indicates that most of the respondents are single, while the second largest percentage of the respondents are married and their percentage is 44.8% while 27.6 % , the table Further indicates that 20.6% of the respondents are separated and 7.0% of the respondents are widowed this results in the study further illustrates the reason for the large numbers of the respondents being single could be because of the fact that most of the respondents are mentally ill so they cannot have a family.

Figure 4.2 Pie chart showing the marital status of respondents

The result in the pie-chart indicates that majority of the respondents are single, followed by married respondents, separated while some of the respondents were widowed.

4.3 Findings on the occupation of respondents

Table 4.3 showing occupation of respondents

Source: Primary Data

The results in the table indicates that majority of the respondents are employed and their total percentage is 49% while 27.6% of the respondents are unemployed, 11.4% of the respondents are peasant this shows that majority of the respondents are employed and therefore they active.

Figure 4.3 Bar graph showing the results on the occupation of respondents

Findings in the study further indicates that most of the respondents are employed this therefore shows that most of respondents are in their active ages and therefore the were able to answer the questions effectively.

4.4 Findings on the level of education of the respondents

Table 4.4: showing the level of education of the respondents

Source: Primary Data

the results in the study indicates that most of the respondents attended 67.2% of the respondents attended tertiary institutions, while 24.0% of the respondents attended secondary school education, while 3.1% the highest level of education is primary while 5.7% of the respondents had no formal education.

Figure 4.4 showing findings on the educational level of the respondents

The findings from the pie chart above indicates that most of the respondents assert that their highest level of education is tertiary, while the second largest majority of the respondents are secondary school leavers, the study further indicates that some of the respondents are primary school leavers and while others don’t hold any qualification.

Table 4.5 showing the religious denominations of the respondents

Source: primary data

The results in table indicates that most of the respondents are protestants band their percentage is 34.5, while the second largest percentage of the respondents are Catholics while the remaining percentage of the respondents are Muslim and the remaining percentage of the respondents belong in other religious groups.

Figure 4.5 showing the religious denomination of the respondents

The figure 4.5 above indicates that most of the respondents are protestant and above all the second largest percentages of the respondents are Catholics.

The results further indicate that some of the respondents are Muslims and the rest belong to other religions.

4.6 Level of drug abuse

Table 4.6: showing the response of the respondents on whether they take drugs or not

Source: primary data

Findings from the study above indicates that most of the respondents assert that they don’t take drugs as shown by the percentage of  63.5% saying No while 36.5% of the respondents assert that they take drugs, The results further show that perhaps the respondents were ashamed of saying that they take drugs.

4.7 Findings on substance abuse

Table 4.7: showing substance abuse

Source: Primary Data

The results from the table above indicates that 39% of the respondents asserted they take Tobacco, 50% take Alcoholic drinks, 3% of the respondents take Marijuana, 5% take sedatives or sleeping pills, while 3% of the respondents Heroin, morphine, pain medication.

4.8 Findings showing the response of the respondents on the level of usage of substance abuse in the past three months

Table 4.8 showing the level of usage of drugs

Source: Primary Data

The findings in the table above indicates that 4 (6%)  of the respondents assert that they have never used Tobacco products, while 15 (24%) of the respondents assert that they have once or twice taken alcoholic drinks, the results further indicates that 4 (6%) of the respondents use Tobacco and 7 (12%) of the respondents assert that they  take alcoholic drinks, 4 (6%) , 11 (17%), 4 (6%) of the respondents  assert that almost daily they take , Tobacco products, Alcoholic drinks and Marijuana.

4.9 Findings on the number of times a respondent has had strong desire to use drugs.

Table 4.9 showing the number of times of drugs use

Source: Primary Data

Findings from the study indicates that 3 (6%) of the respondents assert that have never had desire for Tobacco products, while 7 (11%) of the respondents also hold the same view that they have never had desire for alcoholic drinks, the results further indicate that 3 (6%) , 25 (41%) of the respondents  have at least once or twice had a strong desire for  Tobacco or alcoholic drinks, while 14 (23%) of the respondents assert that they weekly have strong desire for alcoholic drinks and 3 (6%)  of the respondents have daily or at least almost daily consumption of Tobacco products.

4.10 Health, social, legal or financial problems due to substance abuse due to drug abuse

Table 4.10 Showing response of respondents on health, social or legal problems due to substance abuse.

Source: Primary Data

The findings in the study indicates that 3 (7%), 5 (33%) of the respondents have asserted that they use of Tobacco products, Alcoholic beverages respectively have   never lead to health, social, legal or financial problems.

The results in the study further indicates that 3 (7%), 18 (45%)  of the respondents asserted that they have once or twice  had health, social, legal or financial problems as result of consumption of Tobacco products or Alcoholic drinks respectively.

The results in the study indicates that 3 (7%), 18 (45%) of the respondents assert that they have once or twice had financial problems and health problems as result of the use of Tobacco products, Alcoholic products respectively while 3 (7%) of the respondents assert that they face problems as a result of consumption of Alcoholic products weekly this therefore shows that Alcoholic drinks is related to some side effects to some respondents.

The results in the study indicates that 3 (7%), 5 (33%) of the respondents asserted that they have never during the past three months faced a social, financial or legal problem as result of consumption of  Tobacco products and Alcoholic products respectively.

4.11 Failure to perform necessary tasks due to drug abuse

Table 4.11 showing Failure to perform necessary tasks due to drug abuse

The results in the study indicates that out of 384 respondents who participated in the study 3 (6%) of the respondents asserted they have never failed to do what is expected of them because of tobacco products, while 21 (44%) of the respondents assert that they have never failed to what is expected of them because of alcoholic beverages and 3 (6%), 9 (19%) have once or twice never failed to do what is expected of them , however 3 (6%), 3 (6%) have also never daily ever failed to do what is expected of them.

4.12 Express concern over substance abuse

Table 4.12 Showing express concern over substance abuse

Source: primary data

Findings from the respondents indicates that 19 (17%) of the respondents asserts that a friend or relative has never expressed concern their use of alcoholic drinks, 11 (10%) of the respondents assert that in the past three months a friend or relative has ever expressed concern about their use of Alcoholic beverages while 19 (17%), 56 (48%), 4 (4%), 7 (6%) asserts that most of the respondents expressed that some of their relative or a friend has ever expressed over their consumption of Tobacco products, Alcoholic beverages, Marijuana and sedatives respectively.

4.13 Failure to stop cut down or control drugs

Table 4.13 showing Failure to stop, cut down or control drugs

Source: primary data

The results in the study indicates that most of the respondents assert that 18 (15%), 22 (18%) of the respondents assert that they have never tried and failed to control, cut down or stop using Tobacco and Alcoholic beverages respectively while , 25 (30%),  36 (30%), 7 (6%), 4 (3%), asserts that they have never failed to control, cut down or stop using , Tobacco products, Alcoholic beverages, Marijuana and sedatives or sleeping pills and lastly 7 (6%), 7 (6%), 4 (3%) of the respondents assert that  they have failed to control, cut down or stopped using Tobacco, Alcoholic beverages, marijuana and sedatives or sleeping pills in the past three months.

4.14Findings on usage of injection

Table 4.14 showing findings on usage of injection

Source: Primary Data

The results in the study indicates that most of the respondents assert that they have never used injection for drug abuse 35 (97%), while only 1(3%) assert that they have ever used injections for drugs in the past three months.

4.15 Table indicating the significance level of drug abuse against age

There results in the table indicates that there is high significance level , this findings therefore indicates that there is a relationship between the age of the respondents and substance abuse , the findings therefore stress that  most respondents in the age brackets of 31-50 years.

4.16 Table indicating the correlation between age and substance abuse

source: primary data

4.17 FINDINGS ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN MARITAL STATUS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE

4.17 TABLE INDICATING CORRELATION BETWEEN MARITAL STATUS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Source: primary data

The finding in the study indicates that there is insignificant relationship between marital status and substance abuse.

table indicating

FINDINGS ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN OCCUPATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Source: primary data

The findings show that occupation doest have relationship with substance abuse.

CORRELATION ON LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Source: Primary Data

The result in the study indicates that most of the level of education doesn’t have a positive correlation with substance abuse.

The results in the study indicates that there is a correlation between

Table indicating the correlation between religion and substance abuse among the respondents

The findings in the table above shows the correlation between religion and substance abuse is , this is indicated by