1
Acheampong Yaw Amoateng
2Boitumelo Marilyn Patience Setlalentoa
1,2Christopher Udomboso
1
School of Research and Post-Graduate Studies, North West University (Mafikeng Campus),
South Africa
2
Department of Statistics, University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria.
yaw.amoateng@nwu.ac.za
𝑓(𝑘, 𝑖)
𝑖
𝑘
𝑓(𝑘, 𝑖) = 𝛽
0,𝑘+ 𝛽
1,𝑘𝑥
1,𝑖+ 𝛽
2,𝑘𝑥
2,1+ ⋯ +
𝛽
𝑀,𝑘𝑥
𝑀,𝑖The cases in the “Other” category were very small in each case hence the decision to combine them against Protestants and Catholics.
It is significant to note that Amoateng et al.’s (2006) study and many of the studies in the US were based on high school samples while the current study was based on a sample of college students. It is therefore possible that parental socioeconomic status interacts differently with youth in different age groups.