The Use of Adolescents as Domestic Servants in Ibadan, Nigeria  

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Okafor, Emeka Emmanuel

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Adolescent Research (http://jar.sagepub.com/) vol. 24 no. 2 (Mar. 2009), page 169-193.
Topik: Domestic Service; Poverty; Working Women; Nigeria; African Adolescents
Fulltext: JAR_24_02_169.pdf (239.03KB)

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: JJ81.16 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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The use of adolescents as domestic servants has become prevalent in most urban centers in Nigeria. This study focused on adolescents who work as domestic househelps in urban centers with special reference to Ibadan, Nigeria. The main objective of the study is to examine their mode of recruitment, the nature of their work as well the impact of such work on them. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 adolescent domestic servants and 5 employers selected through a combination of simple and purposive sampling techniques. The results of he findings showed that most of the adolescents were girls who were recruited through various sources and got into the job because their families were largely poor. Although most of them considered their work as laborious and demanding, yet some agreed that they were receiving some material benefits from the work in the absence of any real alternative to the precarious condition of their impoverished families. All their employers were working women who considered the engagement of these adolescents for work as a form of reciprocity, and as such thought that they had not violated any secular law. The study identified poverty and high demand for domestic servants by working women as the push and pull factors exacerbating the use of adolescents for domestic service in most urban centers in Nigeria.

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