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ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effects of street hawking on teenagers in Ovia North East Local Government Area. The study objective was to know the causes of street hawking; to ascertain the effect of street hawking on the child academic performance in Ovia north East Local government area; to find out the effect of street hawking on the child behavioral development in Ovia North East Local government area; to examine the effects of street hawking on the social development on the child in Ovia North East local government area and to determine the role of the social worker on the effect of street hawking on the academic development of the child in Ovia North East local government area.
The cross sectional research design was adopted for this study. One hundred (100) copies of questionnaire were distributed to 100 respondents in Ovia North East local government of Edo state. Data collected were analyzed using frequency count, percentages and mean, with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 24.0.
The empirical result revealed that Street hawking is influenced by parental economic background and that street hawking influence the high rate of school dropout. The study recommends the government at all levels should step-up efforts to improve the economy, as a matter of urgency to help reduce poverty and that the government at all levels should provide free basic education.
