Peer-reviewed article
The Determinants of child labour in India: Examining the Impact of Determinants on Child Labour Incidence in India
Anamika Anamika ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examines what factors drive child labour in India using national employment and unemployment survey data from 1993-94 to 2011-12. The research found that child labour incidence declined from 6.5 to 1.5 percent over this 18-year period. The study identifies that various determinants have a statistically significant impact on the rate of child labour in the country.
Key points
- Child labour incidence in India fell from 6.5% (1993-94) to 1.5% (2011-12)
- Determinants of child labour were found to have statistically significant impacts on incidence rates
- Data from four rounds of national employment and unemployment surveys were analysed
Limitations
The abstract provides limited detail on which specific determinants were examined or what the mechanisms of change were. The document does not explain what caused the decline or isolate the contribution of different factors.
Abstract
Child labour is one of the problems that prevails in India. Childhood is a period of schoollearning,of recreation, of physical, mental and social development, and not primarily of income bearingwork. For the present study, the employment and unemployment survey conducted in 1993-94, 1999-2000,2004-05, and 2011-12 has been used. It has been found that Incidence of child labourers has reduced from6.5 to 1.5 during 1993-94 to 2011-12. The determinants has statistically significant impact onincidences of chila labour in India.