socio-economic impacts associated with chewing chat practice: incase study of jimma town

Abstract

This research was aimed to assess the socio economic impact associated with chat chewing practice in Jimma Zone in cases of Jimma town. The general objective of this study is investigating the major impact o f chewing chat practice on house hold economy in Jimma town. The main source of data for this study is primary data, which was directly collected from respondent through questionnaires. That was selected as a sample by using stratified sampling techniques. 96respondents are considered as a sample by using stratified sampling. From the total samples of respondents, 69% of respondents are chat chewer, while 31% are non-use chat and Out of 96respondent67% and 33% were male and female, respectively. The findings revealed that chat chewing practices are facilitated by peer pressure, bad working environment and joblessness. Marital status (being unmarried) as well as being gender (being male) have contributed a positive impact on chewing practices. In addition, family history (being from a family who chew chat) increases the likelihood of chewing