期刊名称：European Journal of Business and Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2235-767X
出版年度：2017
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：154-164
出版社：European Society of Business and Social Sciences
摘要：Child labour is a severe problem and a big obstacle indevelopment of under-developed countries, and Pakistan is oneof them. This study sought to explore the determinants andfactors that affect the child labour. This is an empirical study on thepopulation of underdeveloped city Badin. Data were collected from 50employees and employers with the use of closed-ended questionnaires.Data were analyzed in terms of frequencies and percentages.Lack of education and poverty were found to be determinant of childlabour. Since the parents are poor, children need to work and mostlydrop out school, and eventually remain poor for their lifetime.Moreover, parents are also responsible to make them work.Furthermore, the response of the employers is also consistent with theemployed children.Child labour is found to be exploitive, their ability to work is utilized byboth parents and employers. The innocents who needed to be cared aremade protect and serve others. The corrective actions should be takenby government, NGOs and civil society to abolish child labour inPakistan.
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