Perception of Nomadic Household on Children Involvement in Animal Rearing Industry Among the Fulani Communities in Nigeria

Abstract

A study was carried out to determine the nomadic heads perception of the childrens involvement in animal rearing critical to entrepreneurial activities among some selected Fulani communities in Osun State Nigeria. Specifically it identified some basic household demographic characteristics examined the level of their childrens involvement in what kind of animal rearing activities and; the relationships between the household perception of their childrens involvement in animal rearing activities and level of involvement education and income. Also implication was drawn for nomadic children educational development. Pre-tested structured interview schedule focus group discussion and tape recording were used to source from one hundred nomadic households which are randomly and proportionately selected from three nomadic Fulani communities in Osun State. Descriptive statistics such as frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the data. Pearsons correlation analysis was used to establish the relationships between the variables tested. The study revealed that ad 87 percent of the household heads had a very high favorable perception of their childrens involvement in animal rearing activities. Age financial gain and childrens level of involvement were found to be positively contributors to their high favorable perception at 0.05 level of significance. However high level of literacy was found to be a major factor that strengthened their favorable perception among others. (authors)