Socio-Economic Situation and Substance Use Disorder Influences on SafetyPractices among Truckers

Background:The study examined the nexus between Social Economic Situation (SES) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and the influence the two exerted onwillingness to comply with Health Safety and Environment (HSE) guiding the conveyance of petroleum products among truckers in Ibadanmetropolis, Nigeria. Methods:Multistage and simple random sampling techniques were utilized to obtain the 265 respondents who are professional haulers and necessaryinformation on the study objectives were obtained through self-reporting designed questionnaire. Bivariate statistical analysis and LogisticRegression Model were also used in ascertaining the existence of relationships among the dependent and independent variables. Results:The result from the bivariate analysis showed the existence of an association between two SES variables of age [X2 (9) 17.05, p=0.04] and literacylevel[X2 (9) 41.36 p=0.00] and SUD. While the marital status of the respondents did not significantly influence the incidences of SUD [X2 (9)9.841 p=0.36].Furthermore, a Logistic Regression Model (LRM) examined the relationship between dichotomous dependent variable (complianceor non-compliance to HSE stipulations guiding the conveyance of petroleum products) and the different independent explanatory variables (Age,Marital Status, Educational Status and SUD). The Wald criterion demonstrated that marital status (p=.000), educational status (p=.000) and attitudeto SUD (p=.000) all made significant contributions to the prediction (compliance) while age (p=.861) was not a significant predictor. Conclusion:The study recommends the importance of non-economic factors (like literacy and marital status) in the achievement of sustainable HSEstipulations guiding the conveyance of petroleum products