Against the background of the solution-defying incidence of child labourers in Nigerian cities, this study examined the relationship between public spaces and incidence of child labourers in Ibadan Municipality, Nigeria. Data were obtained through direct counting of child labourers and cursory observation of the physical and environmental compositions of their places of operation. The direct counting was conducted for seven days of the week in the morning, afternoon and evening within defined activity-nuclei purposively selected across three densities of residential areas of the municipality: high, medium and low. The data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics. Findings showed that the incidence and categories of child labourers varied with public spaces and density of residential areas, and also followed the concentric, sector and multiple nuclei theories of urban land use. The study, therefore, recommended that urban planners and government have roles to play in offering lasting solution to the menace of child labour.

在尼日利亚城市，以无解解决童工现象的背景为背景，本研究调查了尼日利亚伊巴丹市公共场所与童工发生率之间的关系。通过直接计数童工并粗略观察其工作地点的物理和环境组成来获得数据。直接计数是在一周中的早上，下午和晚上的七天中进行的，这些活动是有目的的活动，目的是从市内三种密度的居住区中选择的：高，中和低。收集的数据经过描述性统计。研究结果表明，童工的发生率和类别随公共空间和居住区的密度而变化，并且遵循同心，部门和城市土地利用的多核理论。因此，该研究建议，城市规划者和政府应在提供持久解决童工问题的方法方面发挥作用。