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| Evaluating the Factors Influencing the Level of Compliance to COVID-19s' Preventive Measures Between City and Lesser City Dwellers in Osun State, Nigeria. |
SANNI, Kamorudeen Taiwo Ph. D and OSIESI, Mensah Prince
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Abstract:
The study's broad objective was to evaluate factors influencing the level of compliance to COVID-19s' preventive measures between cities and lesser city dwellers in Osun State, Nigeria. In the light of this, four specific objectives were deduced for achievement coupled with four research questions respectively. Descriptive survey research design was employed. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the study location, while simple random sampling technique was employed to select one-thousand and one hundred (1,100) respondents across the sampled cities. A face and content validated structured research instrument tagged 'Level of Compliance to Preventive Measures of COVID-19 Questionnaire (LCPM-COVID-19) having reliability coefficient of 0.71 obtained from Split-half technique was applied to obtain information from the respondents. The administration of the research instrument which was carried out by four trained research assistants took place immediately after the Osun state government gave directive towards relaxing the lockdown of the residents within the state. The raw data obtained from the field were analysed with the aid of inferential and descriptive statistical tools. The empirical outcomes revealed that the compliance level with regards to enforcement of social distancing, usage of cloth face mask, avoidance of social gathering and abeyance of the lockdown directive among cities and lesser cities residents was highly encouraging, while residents of cities exhibited high degree of compliance with frequent hand washing under running water and use of hand sanitizer compared with their lesser cities counterparts. It is also discovered that gender traits of the residents has nothing to do with their compliance level to COVID-19s' preventive measures, while, there was significant difference in the level of compliance towards COVID-19 preventive measures when educational status of the respondents was taking into cognisance but in favour of residents having formal education beyond secondary school status. Recommendations comprising attitudinal changes on the side of lesser city dwellers, provision of necessary devices towards observation of preventive measures by relevant stakeholders and putting a check on visiting relative or business associate residing in cities during the pandemic.
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