Peer-reviewed article
ATTITUDE OF EDUCATED PERSONS’ TOWARDS CHILD LABOUR
Lokanath Das ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined the attitudes of educated people towards child labour in Bhadrak district, India. Researchers surveyed 80 educated adults (40 men, 40 women) from urban and rural areas using a 40-item questionnaire with a 5-point scale. The study found no significant difference between male and female educated persons in their attitudes towards child labour. The research highlights that educated people's perspectives on child labour remain an important social concern.
Key points
- Sample of 80 educated persons (40 male, 40 female) from Bhadrak district
- 45 participants from urban areas and 35 from rural areas
- 43 self-employed and 37 government-employed participants
- No significant difference found between male and female attitudes towards child labour
- Child labour defined as work that deprives children of childhood and interferes with education
Limitations
The study is limited to one district in India and does not explain what the attitudes actually are or provide recommendations. The small sample size and lack of comparison to uneducated persons limits generalisability of findings about educated persons' unique perspectives.
Abstract
Child labour refers to the exploitation of children through any form of work that deprives children of their childhood, interference with their ability to attend regular school and is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. So the present study is carried out to investigate the attitude of educated persons’ towards child labour. The size of the sample was eighty educated persons and was collected through random sampling. The sample consisted of 40 males and 40 females of Bhadrak district, out of which 45 were from urban and 35 from rural. A category of self- employed and govt. employed educated persons of 43 and 37 respectively were selected. The researcher adopted descriptive survey method and used self-made questionnaire tool. The Self-made questionnaire was a 5 point ATR scale as strongly agree, agree, cannot say, disagree and strongly disagree consisting of 40 items. The collected data was analyzed through mean, SD and t-ratio. From the above study it was found that there is no significance of difference between male and female educated persons towards child labour, which is a major concern of today’s society.