Adekeye, Olujide A (2008) PROFESSIONALS AND NON-PROFESSIONAL PERCEPTION F CHILD LABOUR IN LAGOS STATE NIGERIA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LABOUR- ,. AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, 2 (1&2). pp. 31-43. ISSN 2006-2230
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Abstract
The study sought to investigate how working children are perceived in Lagos State. When treating issues pertaining to child labour, it is imperative to clearly define what constitutes child labour. Child labour is a global phenomenon especially in developing economies like Nigeria where poverty is the order of the day. Although most professionals and non-professionals agree that child labour manifests in children working in factories, on farm plantations and street hawking, there is no global agreement as to what exactly constitute child labour. This study discusses the concept of childhood, child labour in Lagos metropolis and how professionals and non-professionals perceive child labour. Teachers, civil servants, artisans and working children participated in the study. The sample for the study consists of 250 respondents made up of 50 working children, 75 teachers, 60 civil servants and 65 artisans. To accomplish this research purposes, three research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. The research adopted a descriptive survey method and the instrument for data collection was a 17 item questionnaire titled Perception of Child Labour Questionnaire (PCIQ). Descriptive and inferential statistics at 0.05 alpha level were used to anafyze the data. It was concluded that there is signi(lcant difference in the perception of child labour by professional and non-professional respondents. It was concluded that there is a signi(lcant difference in the perception of working children by single,married, and divorced respondents. Implication of the study for counseling was highlighted at the end of the study.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Children, child labour, professionals, non-professional, perception |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2015 20:14 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2015 20:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/3954 |
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