The study determines to investigate influence of parent’s occupational level on street hawking among secondary school girls in Zamfara state. The population for this study is composed of girl’s secondary students in public schools in Zamfara state. The students were selected from the three Senatorial District of the state. A stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the sample. The schools were stratified on the basis of senatorial districts. Schools were identified based on their number of street hawkers. Schools from rural and urban areas were represented based on their consistent practice of street hawking in each senatorial district. Two schools from each educational zone were selected, making it a total of six schools. From each school a total number of 46 students were selected from both urban and rural schools in both western and central zones and 47 students from each school in the northern zone giving a total of 278 students selected. Questionnaires were used as instrument for data collection. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The findings of the study indicated that, there is significant relationship between parents’ occupational level and street hawking among secondary school girls in Zamfara State. It is anticipated that the findings would actually among other things help in reducing the problem of street hawking among girls who are currently pursuing their secondary education in the study area.
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