A STUDY OF THE INCOME OF STREET VENDORS IN WARD G IN MUMBAI CITY

The purpose of this study is to find out the level of income per day earned by street vendors in Ward G in Mumbai City. Income per day of street vendors is the dependent variable. The age, number of hours of work and number of years since migration to Mumbai City are independent variables. The researcher used structured questionnaire to find out age, number of hours of work, number of years since migration to Mumbai City and income per day. The researcher found out that there exists no significant difference in income between the street vendors of different age groups. But there exists a significant difference in income between the street vendors working for different number of hours in a day and street vendors who have migrated to Mumbai for different number of years.