Income Polarisation Among Undergraduate Students of University of Ibadan
Adeleke Hafees Aderoju,
Sulaiman Adesina Yusuf,
Oluwole Ibikunle Ogunyemi,
Wasiu Akintunde Yusuf
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2017
Pages:
20-28
Received:
23 February 2017
Accepted:
22 March 2017
Published:
14 April 2017
Abstract: Despite increasing interest in income polarisation among researchers in Nigeria, there is dearth of literature on its existence among undergraduate students especially with the primary data. A polarised income distribution among students has the potential of breeding social unrest, protest or demonstration. This study examined the existence of income polarization and inequality among undergraduate students. University of Ibadan was used as case study since all categories of social classes can be found among the students and the “no-cooking” policy of the University has direct effects on students’ monthly income and expenditure distribution. A two-stage sampling technique was employed. Analysis was done using descriptive statistics; Duclos-Esteban-Ray (DER) (2008) polarisation index and Generalised Entropy (GE) inequality index were used to estimate income polarisation and inequality respectively. Income polarisation and inequality decreased among students between the two observed years. Income polarisation (α0.5) decreased from 0.2287 to 0.2058 while income inequality decreased from 0.2402 to 0.1586. Highest polarisation estimate of 0.2117 was obtained between male and female. In 2011/2012, female (0.2032) was polarised than male (0.1987) while male (0.1893) was slightly polarised than female (0.1836) in 2012/2013 session. Within dimension however, the highest and least identification estimates (0.9069 and 0.7462) were from non-scholarship/bursary and female students respectively. In order to prevent a situation where students will ride on their increasing homogeneity brought about by no-cooking policy to protest against poor and unfriendly environment, good quality services in terms of food and other items that students paid for on campus are therefore advocated.
Abstract: Despite increasing interest in income polarisation among researchers in Nigeria, there is dearth of literature on its existence among undergraduate students especially with the primary data. A polarised income distribution among students has the potential of breeding social unrest, protest or demonstration. This study examined the existence of inco...
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