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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................. iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................................ iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................................. v
LIST OF TABLES......................................................................................................................... vii
ACRONYMS................................................................................................................................... x
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................ xi
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background .................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 District coverage............................................................................................................. 2
1.3 Child Labour and Economically active children ............................................................. 3
1.4 Objectives of the Study .................................................................................................. 4
1.5 Context of Child Labour and the legal and Institutional framework ............................... 4
1.6 Organisation of the report .............................................................................................. 7
CHAPTER 2: SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION AND METHODOLOGY........................................... 8
2.1 Scope and coverage ...................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Sample design................................................................................................................ 9
2.3 Data collection.............................................................................................................. 12
2.4 Data Processing and analysis...................................................................................... 13
2.5 Response rates ............................................................................................................ 13
2.6 Data quality control measures...................................................................................... 14
2.7 Challenges, limitations and lessons............................................................................. 14
CHAPTER 3: CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS ........ 16
3.1 Introduction................................................................................................................... 16
3.2 Distribution of the population by Age and sex.............................................................. 16
3.3 Household composition................................................................................................ 17
3.4 Current activity status of household members ...................................................... 17
3.5 Characteristics of dwelling units................................................................................... 20
3.6 Rooms used for Sleeping............................................................................................. 21
3.7 Domestic energy sources............................................................................................. 21
3.8 Source of Water for Drinking........................................................................................ 22
3.9 Household’s main source of livelihood......................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 4: EDUCATION........................................................................................................... 24
4.1 Introduction................................................................................................................... 24
4.2 School enrolment ......................................................................................................... 24
4.2.1 Age specific enrolment rates........................................................................................ 25
4.3 Primary School Enrolment Ratios ................................................................................ 26
4.4 Secondary school net enrolment ratios........................................................................ 28
4.5 Age at first primary school attendance......................................................................... 28
4.6 Education Attainment ................................................................................................... 29
4.7 Reasons for leaving school .......................................................................................... 30
4.8 Reasons for never attending school............................................................................. 31
4.9 Absenteeism among Children ...................................................................................... 32
4.10 Literacy........................................................................................................................ 32
CHAPTER 5: INVOLVEMENT IN WORK ACTIVITIES................................................................ 34
5.2 Children’s Activity Status............................................................................................... 34
5.3 Characteristics of children’s work................................................................................. 41
5.4 Work intensity............................................................................................................... 45
5.5 Child labour .................................................................................................................. 48
CHAPTER 6: IMPACT OF CHILDREN’S’ WORK ON HEALTH, SAFETY AND EDUCATION.. 55
6.0 Background .................................................................................................................. 55
6.1 Children’s work and Health .......................................................................................... 55
6.2 Impact of Children’s Work on Education...................................................................... 61
6.3 Physical, psychological and sexual violence ............................................................... 63
CHAPTER 7: POLICY IMPLICATIONS....................................................................................... 55 |
