Politics: A Negation of Entrepreneurial Mindset of Youths in Kwara State, Nigeria
Journal Title: Educational Research International - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
The ever increasing rate of political thuggery and other vices by youths at the expense of entrepreneurial skill acquisition (E.S.A) prompted this researcher into investigating the factors militating against the entrepreneurial mindset of youths in Kwara State. The study adopted survey research type. The population consisted of all artisans in Kwara State. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 20 trades, and 40 tradesmen (artisans) from each of the three Senatorial Districts of Kwara State, giving a total of 120 trades-men. However, only 100 of them cooperated fully with the interview in this study. Two research questions were generated this study. The instruments used for this study consisted of an 8 Researcher-Designed Trades-men Questionnaire (RDTQ) for the problems facing trades-men, and also a 7 Researcher-Designed Trades-men Questionnaire on the way out (RDTQWO) that were conducted based on oral interview. The content validity of the instruments were done by two social science experts, while for the reliability of the instruments, the questionnaires were subjected to test re-test techniques of five weeks interval. The scores were correlated using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics which gave us 0.71 at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The two research questions were analyzed using Frequency Counts and Percentage Distribution.
Authors and Affiliations
Bello, Y. , M. Olarewaju, Agboola F. M. , Gambo, M. B.
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