Validating second-order model for economic welfare scale: evidence from Nigeria
International Journal of Social Economics
ISSN: 0306-8293
Article publication date: 10 January 2022
Issue publication date: 10 March 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The goal of this paper is to validate the second-order model for the economic welfare scale in the context of violence. This study also aims to assess the relationship between the dimensions of the economic welfare scale’ declining food consumption and loss of income and the overall latent construct and assess the second-order model’s goodness of fit using appropriate fit indices.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is cross-sectional with a sample of 600 households from the violent zone, Northwest Nigeria. The data collected was used for confirmatory factor analysis, second-order model evaluation and model fit evaluation.
Findings
The second-order model for the economic welfare scale is valid and reliable; the dimensions significantly affect the formation of the overall construct. The model’s goodness of fit fulfilled the relevant fit indices.
Research limitations/implications
The study offers researchers and policymakers practical insights into how each dimension influences the latent operational construct. It, therefore, encompasses replication in all the remaining modules.
Practical implications
The findings offer practical insight to policymakers in designing policies for promoting long-term peace structures and developing mechanisms to assist those who have suffered the greatest economic welfare losses due to violence in Nigeria.
Social implications
The findings form an essential tool to assess the economic welfare effect in violently affected territories at the micro-level.
Originality/value
The outcomes are ground-breaking by validating the second-order model for the economic welfare scale. And established dimension influences over the overall latent variable.
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Acknowledgements
This study would not have been possible without the contribution of the expert who crosscheck and reviewed the instruments and looked at the precision and ethics of the items for content validity: Prof. Y. A. Zakari (Professor of Development Economics), Department of Economics, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Prof. Ahmad Muhammad Tsauni. His research interests include development economics, research methodology and project evaluation. Prof. Shehu Usman Rano Aliyu, Professor of Financial Economics and Islamic Finance, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. Prof. Abdullateef Usman, FNERC, Department of Economics, College of Management and Social Sciences, Fountain University, Osogbo Nigeria. His research interests include labour and industrial economics, research method and econometrics. Sadiq I. Radda, Professor of Criminology from Department of Sociology, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. His research interests include criminology and studies in human rights. Prof. I. M. Zango, Department of Sociology, Bayero University Kano. His research interests include survey technique and group dynamic.
Informed consent: All respondents and experts have been duly informed of the study’s objectives and have given their informed consent. Ensured the proper provisions of confidentiality in documenting and disposal.
Declaration of interest: We have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Citation
Babangida, B.K., Abdul Hakim, R. and Abdullah, H.B. (2022), "Validating second-order model for economic welfare scale: evidence from Nigeria", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 49 No. 4, pp. 509-528. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-06-2021-0327
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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