This paper examines the factors that determine the locational decisions of small-scale informal enterprise promoters in urban Zaria. The paper relied on data obtained through the administration of structured questionnaire that was designed to gather information on the relative importance of the locational factors considered by entrepreneurs in making decisions of the enterprise location. For the purpose of this study, Zaria area was divided into seven neighborhood clusters and three clusters were purposively selected for indepth study. The three selected neighborhoods have high density of informal activities. The first step in the survey was the identification of the small-scale informal enterprises in the selected clusters. A purposive sampling technique was adopted in selecting the sampled informal enterprises. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis non parametric test and Spearman Rank correlation matrix. The results indicate that proximity to family was the most critical factor (Mean = 2.83) that entrepreneurs consider in making their locational decisions. The results further indicates that proximity to family members was positively correlated with entrepreneur's residence (rho = 0.406, p < 0.001). The implications of this result is crucial for urban planning because the location of informal enterprises in residential areas poses serious environmental challenge and disamenity effects to residential clusters that were not designed for industrial activities.
Analysis of marriage intentions and sexual experiences of young women are necessary in drawing up state-level and countrywide policies that address young women’s sexual health needs. This paper draws on results of a study utilizing structured questionnaires and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to examine marriage and sexual debut among young girls in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A total of 862 questionnaires were administered among young women within the age of 11 and 25 years. The information from the questionnaire was analysed using the Chi-square (X2) test to assess bivariate association between ever had sex and age at first sex and some socio-demographic characteristics of young girls. The study hypothesised that ever had sex, age at first sexual encounter and age at marriage do not differ by some sociodemographic characteristics of women. The results of the analysis revealed that the majority (70%) of the respondents have ever had sex and that 9.6% have ever married. The X2 test revealed that there are significant relationships between ever had sex and age of respondents (X2, df=4, p=0.001)), marital status (X2, df=4, p=0.001) and level of education (X2, df=6, p=0.001). There was, however, no statistical differences between ever had sex and religion and residence. The paper recommended a multifaceted programme to address the needs of young girls in Kachia LGA.
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