TY  - JOUR
T1  - Child Neglect, Youth Involvement in Okada Transportation Business and The Incidence of Road Accident in Ado-Ekiti
AU - , Olufayo, Olu-Olu 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
SP  - 178
EP  - 182
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2006.178.182
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2006.178.182
KW  - Okada transportation business
KW  -child neglect
KW  -road accident
KW  -ado-ekiti
AB  - The study, in the main, examines the causes and consequences of the neglect of children on the incidence of motorcycle road accidents n Ado-Ekiti, the State capital. A random selection of three hundred and nineteen commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders, were made and questions relating to their socioeconomic background, their perception of Okada transportation business and the incidence of road accidents were asked. Findings revealed a significant relationship between all the variables above which justifies the research basic objectives. Appropriate suggestion were therefore given to forestall future occurrence of such menace.
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