Child labour Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys- MICS3 Analysis and Report Writing Workshop Panama City, July 12-20, 2006

Indicators 1.Percentage of children 5-14 years of age involved in child labour activities 2.Labourer students 3.Student labourers

Goals World Fit for Children (WFFC) Protect children against abuse, exploitation and violence. Under general protection nine strategies are mentioned to combat child labour Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) The Millennium Declaration calls for the protection of children against abuse, exploitation and violence but no goal, target or indicator is included

Why to measure child labour? Reasons: Identify the magnitude of the problem as well as its characteristics Evaluate impact of programs and interventions based on trends

Data sources/methods Administrative records Population census Household surveys Other surveys

The MICS3 approach Estimation of indicator based on household survey data Present results by background variables to localize the problem Promote the design and implementation of further analysis of the main determinants of child labour to help the design of policies and the development of programs and interventions

Child labour Numerator: Ages 5-11 at least one hour of economic activity or at least 28 hours of household chores per week Ages at least 14 hours of economic activity or at least 28 hours of household chores per week Economic activity of children is defined as any paid or unpaid work for someone who is not a member of the household, or other family work Denominator: All children 5-14 years of age

Child labour in CEE/CIS (MICS )

SPSS Program Generates basic table: CP 2 Percent of children 5-14 years of age involved in child labour activities

Labourer students Numerator: Number of children aged 5-14 years involved in child labour activities (labourers) that attend school Denominator: Total number of children aged 5-14 years involved in child labour activities (labourers)

Students labourers Numerator: Number of children aged 5-14 years attending school that are involved in child labour activities Denominator: Total number of children aged 5-14 years attending school

SPSS Program Generates basic table: CP 3 Generates –the percent of children 5-14 years of age involved in child labour activities (labourers) that also are attending school and –The percent of children 5-14 years of age attending school who are also involved in child labour activities

Methodological issues 28 hours as the cut-off for household chores Gender issue Shall we measure economic activity only? Where do agencies (ILO and the World Bank) stand on the child labour problem? Presentation of results for disadvantaged groups

Child Labour, Education and the Principle of Non-Discrimination Elizabeth D. Gibbons, Friedrich Huebler, and Edilberto Loaiza Division of Policy and Planning, UNICEF New York June 9, 2004

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