Household and Context Determinants of Child Labor in 221 Districts of 18 Developing Countries

Autor/inn/en	Webbink, Ellen; Smits, Jeroen; de Jong, Eelke
Titel	Household and Context Determinants of Child Labor in 221 Districts of 18 Developing Countries
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 110 (2013) 2, S.819-836 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9960-0
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Anthropology; Rural Areas; Developing Nations; Child Labor; Urban Areas; Cultural Influences; Children; Sociology; Economics; Gender Differences; Family Environment; Social Indicators; Economic Factors; Sociocultural Patterns; Socioeconomic Influences; Sociometric Techniques; Comparative Analysis; Predictor Variables; Statistical Analysis; Cross Cultural Studies; Rural Urban Differences; Family Structure; Social Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Anthropologie; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Child labour; Kinderarbeit; Urban area; Stadtregion; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Child; Kind; Kinder; Soziologie; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienmilieu; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Ökonomischer Faktor; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Soziometrie; Prädiktor; Statistische Analyse; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Sozialstruktur
Abstract	We develop a new theoretical framework that explains the engagement in child labor of children in developing countries. This framework distinguishes three levels (household, district and nation) and three groups of explanatory variables: Resources, Structure and Culture. Each of the three groups refers to another strand of the literature; economics, sociology and anthropology. The framework is tested by applying multilevel analysis on data for 239,120 children living in 221 districts of 18 developing countries. This approach allows us to simultaneously investigate effects of household and context factors. At the household level, we find that resources and structural characteristics influence child labor, whereas cultural characteristics have no effect. With regard to context factors, we find that children work more in rural areas, especially if there are more unskilled manual jobs, and in more traditional urban areas. In more developed regions, girls tend to work significantly less. (As Provided).
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