Abstract:
This study investigates the demand for secondhand clothing among female
students in tertiary institutions in Mubi metropolis. Fifty respondents were
selected from each institution namely; Adamawa State University, Federal
Polytechnic and College of Health Technology each, using simple random
sampling. This gave us a total sample of one hundred and fifty respondents.
Primary data was the major source through which information required for
tHiis study was collected, and questionnaires were the major instrument used
to collect the desired information from the sampled population. The data
collected were analyzed using tables and were later subjected to logit and
probit regression techniques. The findings of the study revealed that
affordability, quality, uniqueness durability, and quest for fashion are the
major reasons why most Nigerian female students patronize secondhand
Clothes. Based on these findings, the following recommendations were given:
There should be rules and regulations guiding dressing in tertiary
institutions, our local industries should be encouraged to produce
qualitative goods that can compete with foreign ones, government should fix
the problem of power in order to lower the cost of production by textile
manufacturers, thereby lowering the prices of their finished products.
