Drug use and divorce rates in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines the relaonship between drug use and divorce rates in Bayelsa State Nigeria, it ulized survey design, using  quesonnaire to obtain data with a purposive sample size of 420. The data was analyzed using the Logisc and the Probit regression techniques. It was found that drug consumpon, frequency of drug consumpon and misuse of drug had a posive and insignificant impact  on divorce among drug consumers. 2 The Pseudo R presented in column (1) shows that the variables in the model explain approximately  68.56% change in the divorce rate. The likelihood chi-square value of 30.53 (p = 0.0000) means that the variables jointly significantly affect  the rate of divorce. The pvalue for hats is 0.239. The non-significant hatsq means good regression model adequacy. Also, the insignificant  Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test is evidence of the overall goodness of fit of the regression model. Sensizaon of the dangers  associated with the abuse of drug, frequent consumpon of drug and the use of drug without a medical doctor's prescripon is  recommended.