ANALYSIS OF THE POPULATION OF STREET BEGGARS IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorYUSUF, Aishatu
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-29T11:39:33Z
dc.date.available2018-08-29T11:39:33Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzed the analysis of the population of street beggars in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). It made use of both primary and secondary data. Using multistage sampling technique, a sample of 400 street beggars was purposively selected and questionnaire administered to them. Both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were employed to analyze the data. The result shows that 77.5% of the beggars were males as against 22.5% for females. Also, majority of the sampled beggars were Hausa/Fulani (41.5.7%) of northern origin; and 2.75% of the beggars were non-Nigerians. The Chi Square result shows that calculated X² (17.691) and is greater than the critical value. (9.488) thereby rejecting the hypothesis hence, there is a significant difference between socio-economic effects of street begging and the resident population in the study area. One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistical technique was employed to test for the significant difference in the distributions of the street beggars in the selected six wards. The result of the ANOVA shows that the p-value .917 is greater than the alpha value 0.05 thereby accepting the null hypothesis hence, the variations in the distribution of the street beggars among the selected wards was insignificant because all the wards are having high proportion of beggars. Street begging is carried out by diverse people regardless of age, sex, religion and marital status. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Government should encourage western education for adolescent and youth beggars in order to empower them economically. Also, creation of job opportunities can go a long way to minimize street begging. Moreover, guidance and counseling services should also be made available with a bid to reduce the menace of street begging.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10152
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectANALYSIS,en_US
dc.subjectPOPULATION,en_US
dc.subjectSTREET BEGGARS,en_US
dc.subjectABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleANALYSIS OF THE POPULATION OF STREET BEGGARS IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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