Examining the Relationship Between Traditional Male Circumcision and Attitude Towards Alcohol Consumption Among Youth in Marakwet East Sub County.
Abstract
This is a project which has explored the interaction between traditional male
circumcisions on alcohol consumption among the Marakwet people of Kenya.
Introduction explains how circumcision came to be embraced by various cultures in the
world this leads to the physical and psychological effects that rites of passage has to the
individual and the community which include molding their perception and behavior
which in psychology is the attitude. In the justification it explains how the research will
be of help to counties as the draft their laws, there is discussion on how the confounding
variables Age, Education, Family background, religion and social economic status may
influence individual’s view of alcohol in terms of behavior, belief and feelings. The area
of study is Marakwet east sub-county and the research design that was mixed method. it
involved extensively analyzing and establishing the relationship between traditional male
circumcision and attitude towards consumption of alcohol among young male adults. The
target population for the study was young male adults. A sample of 388 young male
adults was targeted but for various reasons total of 257 respondents from the four
divisions participated. Data collection involved administration of questionnaires and a
focus group discussion. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential
statistics. Qualitative data was analyzed according to the themes and patterns formed. The
findings were that religious denominations had the greatest contribution on the belief and
knowledge towards initiate’s alcohol consumption with age of the respondent
contributing the least to belief and knowledge towards initiate’s alcohol consumption. As
all tests (multiple regression, chi-square and Pearson correlation) for the relationship age
and type of circumcision and behavior towards alcohol consumption among youths in
Marakwet East Sub-county. Similarly, for the relationship between age and type of
circumcision and emotion regulation towards alcohol consumption among youths in
Marakwet East Sub-county had significant results. Finally, for the relationship between
type of circumcision and attitude towards alcohol consumption among youths in
Marakwet East Sub-county had significant results
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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