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Child Labour

Satish Kumar Avasthi, Rishi Dutt Avasthi

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Community and Public Health Nursing 1(1):p 61-63, January - June 2016. | DOI: 10.21088/cphn.2455.8621.1116.11

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Avasthi SK, Avasthi RD. Child labour. Community Public Health Nurs. 2016 Jan-Jun;1(1):61-63.

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Received : January 18, 2016         Accepted : February 16, 2016          Published : May 30, 2016

Abstract

In India, the second largest country of Asia has the largest child labour force in the world (17.4 million). The main causes of child labour are Poverty, Parental illiteracy, ignorance, Parental unemployment, death, large family and Father’s addiction as a family’s causes and social causes as a Poor punitive law provisions. Child labour as a cheap commodity, Poor educational facilities. In child labour the international labour standards cite 15 years as the minimum age for employment. More female children are working vis-à-vis total female workers. Among working women, more than 9% are child workers. Rural areas had higher child labour participation rates for males and females than urban areas. As regards to sex differences, the child labour participation rate (CLPR) (0-14) for males is 1.38% and 1.21% for females. Most of the times, exploitatively low wages are paid. They are as low as Rs. 50-100 per month for an average of 10-12 hours of work per day.

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Avasthi SK, Avasthi RD. Child labour. Community Public Health Nurs. 2016 Jan-Jun;1(1):61-63.

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Received Accepted Published
January 18, 2016 February 16, 2016 May 30, 2016
DOI: 10.21088/cphn.2455.8621.1116.11

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Child Labour; Poverty; Illiteracy; Punitive Law.Child LabourPovertyIlliteracyPunitive Law

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Received January 18, 2016
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