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Occupational Hazards Among Hawkers
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1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
This
study is primarily aimed at examining occupational hazards among
hawkers in pen cinema, Agege. However, the following are the objectives
and it is to:
· To examine the remote and immediate causes of hawking in pen cinema, Agege.
· 'To examine the various occupational hazard among hawkers in pen cinema, Agege
· To find out the availability of environments where hawkers work.
· To examine the physical hazard face by the hawker in pen cinema, Agege.
· To examine the health implication of hawking on the hawkers in pen cinema, Agege.
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
research work was taken up to show the significance of occupational
hazards affecting hawkers in Lagos State. In other words, it is expected
thatthe study will educate readers on the implication of street
trading.
Finally, the results of this study should help scholars,
students, health workers, administrators, financial experts, educational
planners, decision makers, government agencies and upcoming researchers
in the conduct of future research. It will also provide useful
information which will enable them useful and positive decisions that
will help move forward our economy. This study will also contribute to
the existing literature on occupational hazards and child labour.
1.6 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The
area of this study centered occupational hazards among hawkers in
Agege. It covers areas like the causes of hawking, the physical
environments in which hawkers work. In the same vein, the study covers
physical harm from improper regulation of traffic in commercial areas,
especially within the stipulated area and how it affects them. It is
restricted to the study area only.
The scope of this study is limited
to selected study Area. Also, inadequacy of literature has greatly
limited me amount of information available to the researcher due to the
currency of the research topic.
1.7 OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
The
purpose of operational definition of terms is to facilitate an
explanation that the reader can fully understand the context in which
such words havebeen used in the study: Example is given below:
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Hawkers: For the purpose of this study, hawkers are
low-incomeentrepreneurs mainly found in densely populated urban informal
sectors indeveloping countries.
• Street Children: This refers to
any child of school age who is out-of school, lacks basic necessities
such as shelter, food, clothing, health-care; services and the love and
protection given by a parent or guardian.
• Poverty: This refers to
the inability to attain a certain pre-determined minimum level of
consumption at which basic needs are assumed to be met.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research project tends to examine Occupational Hazards among Hawkers in Pen Cinema Area of Agege, Lagos State.Survey design was employed with the use of a well structured questionnaire. Respondents were selected based on simple random sampling technique. Sample size of One Hundred (100) respondents were selected from the staff of 7up Bottling Company Plc.Three hypotheses were formulated and tested with the use of Chi-Square analysis. The analysis resulted to rejecting all null hypotheses an ... Continue reading---
