Ibrahim Abdullahi, Leonard Bombom S.

Travel Patterns of the Physically Disabled in Jos

Travel patterns of the physically disabled was a research carried out in jos

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Produktbeschreibung

Travel Patterns of the Physically Disabled explored most of the daily activities of the physically disabled especially their travels. Their trips to work, schools, their trips for shoppings etc. the problems they face especially how they are unable to use to use transportation means ond modes like every other persons who are not physically disabled.This study of the travel patterns of the physically disabled was carried out in Jos. The group of the physically disabled used include the blind, the crippled and the lepers. A combination of questionnaire administration, focus group discussion and direct observations was employed to collect all necessary data for analysis. The study took a sample of 206 physically disabled and the systematic and stratified random sampling techniques were used at various stages of the data collection processes. Most physically disabled (68%) were engaged in begging, 7.7% were civil servants, and about 55.3% of them were not formally educated. Generallythough, the physically disabled also use other public transport means it was also gathered that the most popular means of travel employed by the physically disabled was walking on foot, 48.5% of them empl

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 107g
• ISBN-13: 9783659236976
• ISBN-10: 3659236977
• Artikelnr.: 36423856

Autorenporträt

Ibrahim Abdullahi is a lecturer with Taraba State University. He is interested in population studies with special emphasy in medical geography.