NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western Regionsyears who are involved in labour activities. A child is considered to be involved in child labour if,during the week preceding the survey:those aged 5–11 years had performed at least one hour of economic work or 28 hours ofdomestic work; orthose aged 12–14 years had performed at least 14 hours of economic work or 28 hours ofdomestic work.This definition allows differentiation between child labour and child work in order to identify thetype of activity that should be eliminated. As such, the estimate provided here is a minimum forprevalence of child labour, since some children may be involved in hazardous labour activities for anumber of hours that could be less than the numbers specified in the criteria explained above. TableCP.2 presents the results of child labour by the type of work. Percentages do not add up to the totalfor child labour, as children may be involved in more than one type of work.Overall, 44 percent of children aged 5–14 years in the MFWR were involved in child labour. Some 51percent of children aged 5–11 years were involved in child labour (at least one hour of economicwork or 28 hours of domestic work) and 30 percent of children aged 12–14 years were involved inchild labour (at least 14 hours of economic work or 28 hours of domestic work). For all children aged5–14 years, there was little variation by region or gender. Subregionally, the highest prevalence wasin the Far Western Mountains (53 percent) and the lowest was in the Far Western Terai (35 percent).Children in urban areas (31 percent) were less likely than those in rural areas (46 percent) to beinvolved in child labour. Of children attending school, just under half (46 percent) were also involvedin child labour activities. Of children not attending school, only 31 percent were involved in childlabour; therefore, for about 70 percent of children not in school, child labour may not be the causeof their non-attendance. However, there was a distinct variation by age group; it was more commonfor younger children attending school to also participate in child labour than for their oldercounterparts. Older children not attending school were, however, more likely to participate in childlabour (43 percent) than younger children not attending school. This result requires further analysisfor fuller understanding. Mother’s education and household wealth quintile affect the likelihood ofbeing involved in child labour. Children whose mother had no education (46 percent) were morelikely than children whose mother had primary education (38 percent) or at least secondaryeducation (31 percent) to be involved in child labour. Children from the poorest quintile (50 percent)and children from the second quintile (53 percent) were more likely to be involved in child labourthan children from other quintiles, with children from the richest quintile (30 percent) being theleast likely.145