Meta-Analysis of Studies on the Factors Affecting the Emergence of Child Labour and Street Children

This meta-analysis synthesizes 15 scientific studies on child labour and street children to identify key factors affecting these phenomena. The analysis found that parental education level and parental drug addiction are the strongest factors associated with child labour and street children. The study uses documentary meta-analysis methods and statistical software to combine findings across multiple research projects. The work aims to provide an overall estimate of factors influencing these outcomes by reviewing published research from a specific time period.

Key points

• Parental education level has a combined effect size of 0.614 on child labour and street children rates
• Parental drug addiction has a combined effect size of 0.541 on child labour and street children rates
• The analysis examined 15 valid scientific studies selected from published research
• The study used CMA2 software for statistical analysis of combined effects

Limitations

The document provides limited detail on the study selection criteria, quality assessment methods, or the range of other factors examined across the 15 studies. Without access to the full meta-analysis methodology and results, it is unclear whether other significant risk factors were identified or how heterogeneous the included studies were.