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“The Commercial, Socio-Demographic and Legal Aspects Distribution of the Informal Business in The Urban Areas of Tanzaniaâ€

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  • Wang Jiuhe

    (School of Economics and Management, Yanshan University, 066004, 438 West of Hebei Street, Qinhuangdao, China)

  • Matari, Davis Festo

    (School of Economics and Management, Yanshan University, 066004, 438 West of Hebei Street, Qinhuangdao, China)

Abstract

Urban areas worldwide are primarily home to the informal sector due to enormous potential for job and income generation. Despite of its massive contribution to the country’s economy, it has very little information about the socio demographic characteristics that are found and discovered in the literature. The sociodemographic, economic, and legal characteristics of the Informal sector and people associated are examined in this paper’s empirical profile of the sector in an urban setting in Mwanza. 80 respondents provided information as the data collected from the questionnaire. The study used the Cross-tabulation and descriptive statistics in data analysis. The findings display that men dominate in the industry, the education levels of people are low, that the majority of people are young (19–26 years old), married, and that family labor is used. Businesses are also willing to operate at times and places that are convenient for their clients. The report also exposes that 82.5% of running activities lacked a license, and that 55% of the activities received funding from the owners’ own sources. Also, the findings showed almost 70 to 80% of Tanzania depend on IS and approximately 75% Of Mwanza region has Informal sectors which contributed to more employment of people than formal sectors.

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  • Wang Jiuhe & Matari, Davis Festo, 2024. "“The Commercial, Socio-Demographic and Legal Aspects Distribution of the Informal Business in The Urban Areas of Tanzaniaâ€," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(6), pages 502-518, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:8:y:2024:i:6:p:502-518
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