ECONOMIC PRESSURE AND ITS IMPACT ON VALUE SYSTEM AMONG NIGERIAN YOUTHS

Abstract

The study examined economic pressure and its impacts on value system among Nigerian youths. Participants were from Awka city, Anambra State comprising 131 youths of 63(48.1%) males, and 68(51.8%) female age-ranged 18-34 years, mean-age 25.24 and SD 5.02. Measuring instruments were Northern-O’Brien Measure of Notions of Economic Inconveniences, and Value System Scale. The study had purposive and incidental sampling methods, cross-sectional design, and MANOVA statistics. Results revealed that Economic pressure significantly impacts on “valued living†of value system among Nigerian youths at (F1, 129) = 20.80, p<.05. Economic pressure also significantly impacts on “life fulfilment†of value system among Nigerian youths at (F1, 129) = 108.92, p<.05. It is recommended for youths to learn skills that will make resourcefully self-reliant. This helps to reduces economic pressure which erodes value system.