Peer-reviewed article
DETERMINANTS OF CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA
Mala Parashar, Ashok Sharma, Pramod Kumar Pandey ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examines the factors that influence child labour in India using Census data from 2001 and 2011. The researchers analysed how poverty, population size, literacy levels, school drop-out rates, fertility, urbanization, and per capita income relate to the number of child workers across Indian states. The analysis found that the total number of child workers declined between 2001 and 2011, though with significant variation between different states.
Key points
- Child labour in India declined overall from 2001 to 2011
- Factors examined include poverty rate, literacy (male and female), school drop-out rate, fertility rate, urbanization, and per capita state domestic product
- Substantial state-level variation in child labour numbers was observed
- Study used Census data from 2001 and 2011 combined with RBI economic data
Limitations
The abstract does not specify which factors were found to be most strongly associated with child labour or explain the mechanisms. The document does not describe the strength of relationships or provide policy recommendations.
Abstract
Child labour is a dynamic problem of worldwide concern. The eradication of child labour is major social development goal needs to be achieved by India. This study is an attempt to discuss various factors which affects child labour, such as poverty rate, population, male literacy, female literacy, school drop-out rate, fertility rate, urbanization rate, and per capita state domestic product. In the present study the Census data for the year 2001 & 2011, along with the RBI data on per capita state domestic product for the same years have been used. The number of child workers in a state has shown a decline from 2001 to 2011. Huge state level variation in the number can be seen in study