Assessment of socio-demographic characteristics of commercial motorcyclist in Akure, Nigeria

Joseph O. Oyedepo

African Journal of Engineering Research
Published: November 11 2014
Volume 2, Issue 4
Pages 68-72

Abstract

The socio-demographic characteristics of commercial motorcyclist in Akure are assessed. A total of 1530 respondent were served with questionnaires which represents 75% of the total population selected through triangulation of sampling methods and cuts across all the selected units from each parks. The calculation for sample size was based on the consideration to examine at least half (50%) of the total study population; 1343 questionnaires were retrieved for data analysis, which represent 65.8% of the total population and 87.8% response rate. The analysis show that 745 (55.3%) are between the ages of 21 and 30 years representing the predominant age group. There is also 1337 (99.62%) males and 6 (0.38%) are females, while 803 (59.8%), 497 (37.0%) and 27 (2.0%) single, married, and divorced riders respectively. Studies also revealed that 429 (32.0%) possess primary school leaving certificate, 651 (48.5%) have secondary school certificate, 261 (19.4%) hold tertiary education. Since larger percentage of the riders hold primary school leaving certificate, this contributes to their bad behavioral attitude while many of them are prone to accidents since they find it difficult to interpret road signs which hinder them from maintaining various safety measures on the highways. Traffic education measure and traffic law enforcement that will encourage good driving behavior is recommended.

Keywords: Socio-demographic, commercial motorcyclist, traffic education, law enforcement.

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