Dataset on the perceptions of ordinary people on the persistence of bribery practices in Nigeria

Abubakar Saddiq Sani; Abu Sufian B Abu Bakar

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106616

Dataset on the perceptions of ordinary people on the persistence of bribery practices in Nigeria

Data Brief. 2020 Dec 8:34:106616. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106616. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Authors

Abubakar Saddiq Sani¹, Abu Sufian B Abu Bakar²

Affiliations

¹ School of General Studies, Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechic, P.M.B 0009 Jos Road, Bauchi, Nigeria.
² School of Economics, Finance and Banking, College of Business, University Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.

Abstract

This dataset provides the perceptions of ordinary people on the relationship between societal acceptance of bribery, anti-bribery measures, socio-economic impacts of bribery, demographic factors and persistence of bribery practices. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to target the respondents. A total of 887 grassroots respondents participated, out of which 836 responses were used for quantitative data analyses. Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 and SmartPLS3.0 were used to determine the reliability and validity of the data. The data is useful to the authorities in formulating strategies to deal decisively with the issues of bribery practices in Nigeria.

Keywords: Anti-bribery measures; Demographic factors; Grassroots; Persistence; Societal acceptance; Socio-economic impacts.