PROFESSIONALS AND NON-PROFESSIONAL PERCEPTION F CHILD LABOUR IN LAGOS STATE NIGERIA
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The Development Universal Consortia. All Rights Reserved
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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.
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B Philosophy (General), BF Psychology