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ABSTRACT
The research study is carried out to examine the psychosocial impacts of street hawking on a child's development in Ekosodin Community. The study adopted the descriptive research design. It adopted a sample size of 52 drawn from the total population of students in Ekosodin Community. This was done through the use of simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected using questionnaires and were analysed. The study shows that street hawking is associated with parental socioeconomic status, parental level of education, ineffective government policy execution, and poverty. The predominance of street hawking among children of school age in the Ekosodin community is a result of all these societal issues. The study also demonstrates that children are more frequently involved in economic activities in underdeveloped nations due to low income and the poverty trap. The effects of children selling goods on the street can be broadly categorised into three categories: physical, psychological, and social effects. Accidents, the spread of communicable diseases, food poisoning, and traffic congestion are examples of the physical effects. Stress, exhaustion, melancholy, hostility, and other mental health problems are psychological effects of child street hawking. While social repercussions include, among others, truancy, prostitution, smoking, robbery, unwanted pregnancies, and low academic achievement.
