STREET FOOD VENDING AND VENDOR’S HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN ILALA MUNICIPALITY IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA Masters in International Business Management December , 2020 STREET FOOD VENDING AND VENDOR’S HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN ILALA MUNICIPALITY IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA BY JACKLINE VEDASTO KARONDO A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Masters of International Business Management (MIBM) of the College of Business Education Dar es salaam 2020 DECLARATION AND COPYRIGHT I, JACKLINE VEDASTO KARONDO, declare that this dissertation/thesis is my own original work and that it has not been presented and will not be presented to any other Higher Learning Institution for a similar or any other academic award. 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I sincerely thank my Supervisor, Dr. Ubaldus Tumaini for his guidance, patience, and encouragement throughout the research period. A word of gratitude goes to the staff and students Masters of International Business Management (MIBM 2018/2020) for their friendly communication and instructions, constructive criticism and comments that helped me to make good progress and achievement as far as academic knowledge is concerned. Special thanks are addressed to my beloved husband Anderson Mutasingwa for his undivided love, patience and support. I am grateful to my sons: Jensen and Andre as well as my parents Mr. and Mrs. Vedasto Karondo. Lastly, I am sincerely indebted to all friends and other individuals who, in one way or another, assisted me at different stages of my study. Their contribution in a way or another made this study a success. I thank you all! vi Table of Contents DECLARATION AND COPYRIGHT ........................................................................ iii CERTIFICATION .......................................................................................................... iv AKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................. v LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................... ix LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .......................................................................................... x LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................ xi ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................. xii CHAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study ............................................................................................... 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem ............................................................................................... 4 1.3 General Objective .......................................................................................................... 6 1.3.1. Specific objectives ................................................................................................. 6 1.3.2. Research questions ................................................................................................ 6 1.4. Significance of the Study .............................................................................................. 7 1.5 Organisation of the Study .............................................................................................. 8 CHAPTER TWO ....................................................................................................... 9 LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................... 9 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 9 2.2. Definition of Key Concepts .......................................................................................... 9 2.2.1. Street food ............................................................................................................. 9 2.2.2. Street food vending .............................................................................................. 10 2.2.3. Household ............................................................................................................ 11 vii 2.2.4. Welfare ................................................................................................................ 12 2.3 Reasons for conducting food vending .................................................................. 12 2.4 Income Generated From Street Food Vending ................................................... 14 2.5 Street Food Vending and Vendor’s Household Welfare ..................................... 15 2.6 The Influence of Socio-Economic characteristics to Street Food Vending ........ 16 2.8. Theoretical Framework ............................................................................................ 20 CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................. 22 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ........................................................................... 22 3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 22 3.2. Study Area .................................................................................................................. 22 3.3 Research Design ...................................................................................................... 22 3.4 Target Population ..................................................................................................... 23 3.4. Sample Size and Sampling Techniques ...................................................................... 23 3.5 Data Collection Method ........................................................................................... 24 3.5.1 Questionnaire .................................................................................................... 24 3.5.2 Observation ....................................................................................................... 25 3.6 Reliability and Validity .......................................................................................... 25 3.8. Data Analysis .............................................................................................................. 25 CHAPTER FOUR .................................................................................................... 28 FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ............................................................................. 28 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 28 4.2 Background Characteristics of Street Food Vendors ................................................... 28 4.2.1. Age ...................................................................................................................... 29 4.2.2. Education ............................................................................................................. 29 4.2.3. Household size ..................................................................................................... 30 viii 4.2.4. Marital status ....................................................................................................... 31 4.2.5. Sex ....................................................................................................................... 31 4.2.6. Main source of income ........................................................................................ 32 4.2.7 Business premise ownership status ...................................................................... 33 4.2.8. Period operating business .................................................................................... 34 4.2.9. Source of capital for investment .......................................................................... 34 4.3 Factors Influencing Selection of Street Food Vending ........................................... 36 4.3.1