ABSTRACT
This research project carried on the analysis of
influence of socio-economic factors on spending pattern of final year students
in the College of Physical and Applied Science (COLPAS) of Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture Umudike. Abia State.To achieve the objectives of this
work three hundred and twenty questionnaires were distributed to the final year
students of above college to obtain the necessary information on students age.
sex. parents' income, parents educational status, religion and amount spent by
each students on weekly basis. Multiple recession analysis and independent
z-test of difference between two means were used to analyze the data obtained
in the questionnaire. Based on the analysis the result shows that the spending
pattern of female and male students were not the same, and also . spending
pattern of students whose parents are educated were not the same with those
whose parents w'ere not educated, spending pattern of student whose parents
receives income were not the same with those whose parents do not receives
income, and no difference between spending pattern of students from orthodox
and Pentecostal churches. Multiple regression model indicates that age and
religion proves insignificant in the analysis. It was found that spending
pattern of students in COLPAS depends on their income (i.e as their income
increase, their spending pattern also increases for all spending categories.
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--. "Analysis Of Influence Of Socio-Economic Factors On Spending Pattern Of Male And Female Students (Case Study: College Of Physical And Applied Sciences (Colpas), Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State):- Egbuna Emilius .C" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2025). Accessed 03 Apr. 2025. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/analysis-of-influence-of-socio-economic-factors-on-spending-pattern-of-male-and-female-students-case-study-college-of-physical-and-applied-sciences-colpas-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-abia-state-egbuna-emilius-c-7-2