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FACTORS CAUSING CHILD LABOUR OF RURAL CHILDREN IN MARKETS OF FAISALABAD CITY
Asad Hussain, Babak Mahmood, Ayesha Chaudhry, Zahira Batool ·
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Child labour is not single reasoned phenomena rather there are many social, economic and cultural issues which are leading and paving the way towards child labour. A study was conducted in the Department of Sociology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan during the year 2017. The objective was to analyse the factors causing child labour in market of nearly city Faisalabad. The population for this study was four towns of Faisalabad (Madina Town, Jinnah Town, Dhuddiwala and Jaranwala) for data collection using convenient sampling technique. A sample of 200 respondents was selected from four towns of Faisalabad. The results revealed that About 90% of respondents were agreed that low level of family income creates more chances of child labour in society. About 85% of respondents were agreed that parent’s illiteracy creates more chances of child labour in society. Majority of the respondents, (69.5 %) agreed that poverty is the biggest reason behind child labour.