| dc.description.abstract | Title: Factors influencing the prevalence of khat chewing among the youth in Eastleigh estate of Nairobi-Kenya.
Aim: To assess and analyze the factors influencing khat chewing among the youth in Eastleigh estate of Nairobi-Kenya.
Methodology: The study was carried among 262 youth among the youth in Eastleigh estate of Nairobi-Kenya using a descriptive study design. Respondents were selected using convenience sampling method collecting data on socio-demographic factors, psychological factors, and environmental factors influencing the prevalence of khat chewing. The data was analyzed using
SPSS version 16.0.
Results: Findings generated by the descriptive analysis of the 262 respondents revealed that socio-demographic factors that is; Age, gender, education level, income, occupation, religion and marital status, and environmental factors were significantly associated with the prevalence of khat chewing and among the psychological factors peer influence was significantly associated with khat chewing and the rest of the psychological factors were not significantly associated with khat chewing. Among the 262 youth who were interviewed, 194/262(74%) chew khat whereas 68/262(26%) do not chew khat.
Conclusion:
The findings showed that the prevalence of chewing khat was high((74%) in Eastleigh estate in Nairobi-Kenya. Khat chewing was associated with:male sex, low education level, youth of the muslim religion, single, employed youth, those earning a minimum of 6000-10000ksh, History of sexual abuse, peer influence, having ever lived with someone who abused drugs, Khat chewing by a loved one and khat chewing by parents. | en_US |
