An Analysis of the Socio-Biographical Effect of Boko Haram Terrorist Group in Northeastern Nigeria

Imuetiyan R. Adeyemo, Esther C. Nwachukwu, Uzoamaka C. Ogor, Nnaemeka P. Eke-Okocha, Anyigor O. Nwode and Nnaemeka Goodness James
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Imuetiyan R. Adeyemo: Babcock University, Nigeria,
Esther C. Nwachukwu: Nasarawa State University,
Uzoamaka C. Ogor: Louisiana State University, USA,
Nnaemeka P. Eke-Okocha: Salisbury University, USA,
Anyigor O. Nwode: Bigard Memorial Seminary, Nigeria,
Nnaemeka Goodness James: Salisbury University, USA,

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2024, vol. 8, issue 8, 2543-2549

Abstract: This Research examines the relationship between violence and insurgency in Northeast Nigeria, where residents have been subject to several attacks from Boko Haram – an extremist Islamist movement since 2009. A survey was conducted of 75 victims using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, a double-difference (difference-in-difference) approach is used to assess the impact of the conflict on mean weight, regression analysis and game theory were used to analyze the data. The findings reveal that victims exposed to the conflict their mean weight-for- height z-score would be 0.49 standard deviation higher (p

Date: 2024
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