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Background:     Adherence to COVID-19 protocols is a serious issue in Nigeria and this has been worrisome to public health practitioners, including health educators. Obeying precautionary measures has been a great challenge especially among market men and women, including their customers, which appears to be due to several variables. This study examined the impact of socioeconomic status, including income level, level of education, religious affiliation, gender, family structure, cultural background, and age group of market men and women on adherence to COVID-19 protocols in Ogun State, Nigeria. Methods: The study adopted descriptive survey research design where structured and validated questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. Multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to select the sample for the study from the old Ijebu and Egba components of the State, including Ita-Osu new market in Ijebu-Ode and Oba Lipede Market in Abeokuta were purposively selected for the study. In each of the market, n=250 market men and women were randomly selected using simple random sampling technique to make a total sample of n=500, out of this, n=481 questionnaires were retrieved to make a total of 96.0% rate of return. Results: The results revealed that socioeconomic factors, including gender, income level, type of business, and family structure significantly predicted adherence to COVID-19 protocols at P< 0.05. Conclusion: It was concluded that market men and women in Ogun State do not significantly adhere to COVID-19 protocols, and the identified socioeconomic factors significantly predicted adherence to the protocols. Recommendation was made to involve health educators at all levels to disseminate health information to promote improved health literacy and carry out interventions considering the aforementioned socioeconomic variables towards improving adherence to the protocols.

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This study aimed to discuss psycho-demographic factors as predictors of sports leisure activities among selected students of OlabisiOnabanjo University. A descriptive survey research design of a correlational type was used for the study. The sample included 262 studentsfrom various faculties. Self-structured research instruments PFALQ: r=0.71 and DVILQ: r=0.76 were used for data collection. The datawere analyzed using multiple regression. The result reveals a significant joint contribution of the independent variables on sports leisureactivities. The result also shows the relative contribution of independent variables (motivation, self-esteem, personality, age, gender andreligion) to the dependent variable (involvement in sports leisure activities. The findings revealed that was a joint contribution of psychodemographicstatus to leisure activities among selected students of Olabisi Onabanjo University. It was recommended that studentsshould be informed of the benefits of participation in leisure activities.