Socio-economic variables related to the profession of street vendors: a field study in occupational ecology in Imbāba region

Abstract:
The research aims to shed light on the category of street vendors and get to know their economic, social, health and educational conditions, The research sample consisted of (80) male and female cases. Data were collected from Imbaba district, Giza Governorate, The current research belongs to descriptive research using the social survey method by applying a questionnaire to detect social and economic variables for the category of street vendors, The form includes several axes which are basic data about the seller, the home environment , the social and economic level of the vendors, the professional status, the health conditions of the seller, the legal framework for the profession, the work environment, and the researcher used a set of theories which are (sociological entrance, organizational entrance, legal entrance, marginal entrance, public urban space entrance), and the researcher reached a set of results, the most important of which are the low social and economic level of street vendors, their low educational levels, and most of them lead a difficult economic and social life, and that the working conditions of the street vendors are difficult because they face daily conflicts and harassment with the official authorities on the one hand and with some families on the other hand and some workers in the informal sector take a way to increase their income and face the high cost of living due to the widespread unemployment phenomenon, The results also showed that street vendors consider public space as their property, and the goods sold are displayed through several methods.