Construction of a Socio-economic Status Scale for Rural Dwellers in Northern Nigeria

Adegboye, Michael Adejare; Oyesola, O. B.; Olumodeji, E. O.

doi:10.9734/ajaees/2015/8548

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“…This is consistent with England (2017), who maintained that SES is normally grouped into 3 categories of high, middle, and low SES. The scale developed by Adegboye et al (2015) is better than other indexes such as Malleson et al (2005) which, apart from not capturing livestock wealth which is an important status symbol in Northern Nigeria, did not also have a true zero. Ownership of one-room accommodation on the Malleson Index, for instance, attracts a score of 0 instead of 1 as it is in the Adegboye et al (2015) scale.…”

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confidence: 67%

“…The scale developed by Adegboye et al (2015) is better than other indexes such as Malleson et al (2005) which, apart from not capturing livestock wealth which is an important status symbol in Northern Nigeria, did not also have a true zero. Ownership of one-room accommodation on the Malleson Index, for instance, attracts a score of 0 instead of 1 as it is in the Adegboye et al (2015) scale. Although the scale by Adegboye et al (2015) has only 28 items, it provides a comprehension classification of households into SES classes.…”

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confidence: 67%

“…Status Index (SES) developed by Adegboye et al (2015) was used to categorize the indigenous population into distinct SES classes. The SES index had 28 items as shown in Table 2, 2B and 2C.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These scales are however not relevant to the context of this study area and therefore cannot be used for this research. The Socio-Economic Status (SES) Index by Adegboye et al (2015) was developed specifically for accessing the socioeconomic status of rural dwellers in Northern Nigeria is more embracive and will thus be adopted for this study. It has 28 indicators, with an assigned score per item for determining household SES and 3 categories based on the score of each household.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Ownership of one-room accommodation on the Malleson Index, for instance, attracts a score of 0 instead of 1 as it is in the Adegboye et al (2015) scale. Although the scale by Adegboye et al (2015) has only 28 items, it provides a comprehension classification of households into SES classes. Adegboye (2016) determined SES classes in Northern Nigeria using the SES index.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of Socio-Economic Status of the Indigenous Population on the Permanent Site of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

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The study sought to describe the relationship between socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the indigenous population living on the permanent site of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), after they were displaced from their lands. The study adopted the sustainable rural livelihoods model as a tool for studying livelihoods in the study area. Data for this study was obtained through the administration of 349 copies of questionnaire using a multi-stage sampling technique. Socio-Economic Scale (SES) for Northern Nigeria was used to classify the respondents into three SES classes. TheSES classes of the respondents were examined using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage). The Spearman rank correlation statistic was used in testing the hypothesis for the study. The majority (65.6%) of the respondents fall into the lowest SES class using a 28- point indicator. With a p=.020, findings revealed that there was no significant correlation between income and socio-economic status of the indigenous population. The study recommends prompt payment of compensations, provision of permanent and pensionable jobs as well as access to funds for business and other entrepreneur skills as ways of supporting and boosting their livelihoods. The indigenous population can also be encouraged to form cooperatives and savings schemes to enable them to raise capital to pursue alternative livelihoods.

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confidence: 67%