Gender and Socioeconomic Status as Predictors of Cybercrime Intentions among Social Studies Students in Southwestern Nigeria
Olanrewaju Saheed Jimoh, Mary Mojirade Ayantunji · International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews · 2025
The effect of gender and socioeconomic level (SES) on cybercrime intents among Social Studies students in Colleges of Education in Southwestern Nigeria is investigated in this paper.Knowing the social causes of digital deviance becomes essential as cybercrime gets more severe among tertiary-level young people, especially pre-service teachers.One followed a descriptive survey design.From a population of Social Studies students over three federal Colleges of Education, a sample of 384 individuals was chosen using Slovin's technique at a 5% margin of error.The measure was the validated, 0.84 reliability index Cybercrime Intention and Gender Disposition Questionnaire (CIGDQ).Data were examined by means of t-tests, ANOVA, and regression.Men students showed notably more cybercrime intentions than women (t = 4.11, p <.001).With F = 4.86, p =.009, low SES students reported the highest degrees of cybercrime intention.Confirming both gender (β =.30, p <.001) and SES (β =.26, p =.003) as major independent variables was regression analysis.The results imply that Social Studies education has to undergo gender-sensitive and equity-oriented pedagogical changes.To help with socio-demographic differences in cyber behaviour, cyber ethics and digital citizenship should be included into Social Studies courses and pre-service teacher preparation programs.