CHILD LABOR

DETERMINANTS IN SHADMAN MARKET LAHORE

Authors

  • MUHAMMAD HASNAYN AHMAD Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore
  • JIBRAN MOHSIN Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore
  • HASSAN JAVED Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore
  • Ghulam Mustafa Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore
  • Asim Mumtaz Khan Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore
  • Shahid Mahmood Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2011.18.04.2653

Keywords:

Child labor, Family size, Income per capita, Parental education

Abstract

Background: Child Labor is any kind of work that harms or exploits the children in some way (physically, mentally, morally or blocking access to education). Child labor is quite common in Pakistan, and is still ignored; which depicts the society's attitudes towards child care. Child labor is an ethical dilemma and special attention must be given to this issue. Objective: To determine the factors responsible for child labor in Shadman Market Lahore. Study design: Descriptive, Cross sectional. Place and duration: Shadman Colony Lahore, July-August 2010. Methodology: Structured Pretested questionnaire was used to asses the factors responsible for child labor. Results: Large family size, low income per capita and parental illiteracy were shown to be responsible for child labor. Conclusion: Family size, income per capita and patrental education has a large scale effect on child labor.Key words:- Child labor, Family size, income per capita, parental education. 

Author Biographies

MUHAMMAD HASNAYN AHMAD, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore

Medical Student

 

JIBRAN MOHSIN, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore

Medical Student

HASSAN JAVED, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore

Medical Student

 

Ghulam Mustafa, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore

Medical Student

Asim Mumtaz Khan, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore

Medical Student

 

Shahid Mahmood, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore

Professor,

Department of Community Medicine,

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Published

2011-12-10