Perceptions of child labour among working children in Ibadan, Nigeria

Omokhodion, Folashade O.; Omokhodion, Samuel; Odusote, T. O.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00585.x

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“…10,17 Young children are not exempt. In the current study the age bracket was eight to nineteen years, similar to the eight to seventeen years obtained in Ibadan, 18 but older than five to seventeen year old children in Sagamu, 5 both in Southwest Nigeria.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…However, even amongst those with some form of education, school drop-out rate is usually high among children working during school hours. 8,10,[17][18][19] Poverty, low socioeconomic status and the attendant necessity to raise family income may explain the lack of education and high school drop-out rate. Even though the study did not examine the educational status of parents/guardians, un-or poorly educated parents may likely not appreciate the value of education in the long term, but see schooling as reducing workforce for more earnings in the short term.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Socio - demographic characteristics of child street vendors in Nnewi, Nigeria

Ugochukwu¹,

Okeke²,

Onubogu³

et al. 2012

Nig. J. Paed.

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The parents of all the subjects were of low socioeconomic status.Trading was taking place during school hours for financial gains of the family. As many as 42.9% of the subjects had completed primary education: 89 (60.5%) had completely dropped out of school for varying periods. Nine girls (6.1%) had been sexually abused and 46 children (32.7%) had at sometime lost their earnings to robbers. Majority (79.6%) aspired to higher education if given the opportunity. Conclusion: Many parents in the low socioeconomic groups still keep their children out of school to work and help boost the family income. It is recommended that legislation be made against children trading during school hours.

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Socio - demographic characteristics of child street vendors in Nnewi, Nigeria

Ugochukwu¹,

Okeke²,

Onubogu³

et al. 2012

Nig. J. Paed.

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“…One possible reason for these paradoxical effects is that many children are required to pay for transportation to school, books, school fees, or uniforms, and engaging in paid work may allow them to do so. When Nigerian children were asked about the benefits of working, the most common reasons cited were supporting the family and having money to pay for school or to learn a trade (Omokhodion, Omokhodion, & Odusote, 2006). In Cameroon, where free education was instituted in 2000, the government does not have adequate funds to pay all teachers and provide needed school supplies which forces schools to assess levies (Kindzeka, 2013).…”

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Is child labor a barrier to school enrollment in low- and middle-income countries?

Putnick

Bornstein

2015

International Journal of Educational Development

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Achieving universal primary education is one of the Millennium Development Goals. In low- and middle-income developing countries (LMIC), child labor may be a barrier. Few multi-country, controlled studies of the relations between different kinds of child labor and schooling are available. This study employs 186,795 families with 7- to 14-year-old children in 30 LMIC to explore relations of children’s work outside the home, family work, and household chores with school enrollment. Significant negative relations emerged between each form of child labor and school enrollment, but relations were more consistent for family work and household chores than work outside the home. All relations were moderated by country and sometimes by gender. These differentiated findings have nuanced policy implications.

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“…When Nigerian children were asked about the benefits of working, the most common reasons cited were supporting the family and having money to pay for school or to learn a trade (Omokhodion, Omokhodion, & Odusote, 2006). For children in Bangladesh, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, and the Philippines, the two most common benefits of working were earning money and supporting the family (Woodhead, 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%