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    [author] => Dr. Wilfredo J. Nicolas
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    [year] => 2018
    [month] => May
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    [abstract] => <p>This quantitative and qualitative research study was purposely conducted to find out the level of work commitment and economic status of garbage collectors in Aklan, Philippines during the Calendar Year 2017-2018. Results of this study revealed that the socioeconomic status of waste collectors is low, and their working conditions are unfavorable, the data further revealed that the income bracket of the respondents per month ranged from 6,000.00 to 10,000.00 Philippine Currency. Most of the respondents were married, the average number of children was 3-5, the household size was 5 &amp; above. Moreover, these respondents owned a television, a refrigerator and a semi-concrete houses. The common health related problems experienced by the respondents were head ache, rheumatism/arthritis and stomach ache. The employees&rsquo; were motivated to their assigned tasks as evidenced by their level of work commitment which was high. Majority of the respondents were male sweepers. It was evident in this study that, workers engaged in garbage collection are exposed to health and safety hazards on a regular basis while performing an indispensable service to the town, thus adequate protection and decent working conditions for them must be provided. &nbsp;Purposive sampling was done in this investigation.</p>

<p><strong>KEYWORDS: </strong>commitment, economic status, garbage collectors, health and safety hazards, working conditions</p>

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