Statement

N

Mean

Std. Dev.

Variance

Rank

· Government plans at making them undergo apprenticeship is often thwarted because the girls want money quick

168

4.112

0.597

0.356

1

· Government through Ministry of Children and Women Affair is organizing classes for some to go back to school but the girls are not interested

168

3.963

1.037

1.075

2

· Some have the objective of making money in the south and going back to the north and so are not having any interest in government interventions

168

3.816

1.023

1.046

3

· The girls are usually scattered within the Accra metropolis and therefore its difficult tracing them for help

168

3.765

0.838

0.702

4

· Government effort of making them undergo apprenticeship in various trades have not been successful because girls want quick money

168

3.510

1.185

1.404

5

· Governments’ promises to build them hostels etc. have not materialized because of unavailability of funds

168

3.316

0.977

0.955

6