ABSTRACT
In recent yea •s1bour has attracted people's attention in social issues,
developr.iental pes and of course research works. Like other cities of the
Developing v..10 r labour activities are increasingly becoming social and
developmental sin the Federal Capital City. The study was aimed at
analyzing the c!-r situation in selected locations of the city vvith specific
objectives o-f c and analyzing the demographic and socio-economic
characteristics oJourers, their spatial origins, the activities child labourers
are engaged in t they get from them, the consequences of child labour
activities on the :hildren, perceptions of the child labour on their activities
and factors encchild labour in the Federal Capital City. Using snow ball
sampling technl,(20%) of the total enumerated average population was
taken af·ter thr-End counts from the seven study centres in the city on
proportion ate bdata for this study were generated through questionnaire
administ:--ai:ion; i.Jp discussions and interviews. Data vvere analyzed using
descripth.te stat:il as pie chart, percentages, and tables among others.
Spearrn an F;. an k 1relation Coefficient and Chi-square we re em p I oyed to test
the three re sea r•eses. All the null hypotheses were rejected, indicating that
there was gender amongst child labourers, there was relations hip between
child labourer a rmily sizes, and, there is a significant relationship between
child labourers 'parents' educational status. The resu Its of the research
showed th 2 t 5 2 .~ males while 47.11% were females; 71. 5 6 % of the child
labourers corn bi Jling with labour force activities, whi I e 2 7 .11 % are early
school le ave rs,: c lrers are from across the country, with I a rge r concentration
from North Centi West and South East. Child labourers provide a lot of
services such as:>f fruits and hawking of water which generate income
com para bi e to t: Mhs and adults; they are in labour force activities because
of their pa re nta ! 1al background which are mostly of primary and secondary
school qua I ifi cai:lts attendance consequence on poverty and hence love for
money. They fac challenges such as restlessness, risk from motor vehicles
and sexual exp I 01ong others at places of work. However, majority of them
are not Ni II in g tot they are doing and are not happy that gave rnment has
banned chi Id I a bdes. As a result therefore, they want government to make
education free '.Bry as well as provide good jobs for their parents. The
research the ref amends that government should enforce a II laws and
policies on chi Id rll as ensuring that gainful employment opportunities are
madeavailable tC1ry.
JATAU, N (2021). Spatial Analysis Of Child Labour In The Federal Capital City Abuja. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/spatial-analysis-of-child-labour-in-the-federal-capital-city-abuja
JATAU, NOMA "Spatial Analysis Of Child Labour In The Federal Capital City Abuja" Afribary. Afribary, 10 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/spatial-analysis-of-child-labour-in-the-federal-capital-city-abuja. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
JATAU, NOMA . "Spatial Analysis Of Child Labour In The Federal Capital City Abuja". Afribary, Afribary, 10 Apr. 2021. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/spatial-analysis-of-child-labour-in-the-federal-capital-city-abuja >.
JATAU, NOMA . "Spatial Analysis Of Child Labour In The Federal Capital City Abuja" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 22, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/spatial-analysis-of-child-labour-in-the-federal-capital-city-abuja