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entrepreneurship as a viable career option early through internship, industrial attachment andbusiness visits.3.6.8 Income Generating Activity and Income status:# Answer Response %1 Below 20,000 10 56%2 20,000-49,000 5 28%3 50,000-100,000 2 11%4 100,000+ 1 6%Total 18 100%Figure 10: Income generating ActivityThe result shows that 42 % of the respondents are already engaged in their own small businessesand about 21 % are fully or partly employed by others. The income generating activities includes;Communication, event management, laundry, sand and gravel, poultry, fish farming, beadsproduction, textile design, and beauty and fashion business.They were also asked of their monthly income and the responded as below. 56% respondentswere within the income level below N20, 000 ($133), 5% were on between N20, 000-49,000($133-326). From the responses it look like its only those who are working that falls with themorning income level above $350.3.6.9 Home Ownership:# Answer Response %1 Landlord 0 0%2 Landlady 3 18%3 Tenant 6 35%4 Dependant 8 47%Total 17 100%Figure 11: Home Ownership47 % of the respondents are dependants and don‘t own a house of theirs, while 35% are tenants,18 % are Landlady and these people are married not that they built a house on their own.3.7.0 Type of family:# Answer Response %1 Polygamous 10 50%2 Monogamous 9 45%3 Others 1 5%43