NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

Table CP.2: Child labourPercentage of children aged 5–14 years by involvement in economic activity and household chores during the past week, and percentage involved in child labour, MFWR, Nepal, 2010RegionPercent of children aged 5–11 years involved in:Economic activityOutsidehouseholdFamilybusinessEconomicactivityfor atleast 1hourHouseholdchoresfor lessthan 28hoursHouseholdchoresfor 28ChildlabourNo. ofchildrenaged5–11yearsPaid UnpaidhoursPaid Unpaidor morePercent of children aged 12–14 years involved in:Economic activityOutsidehouseholdMid-Western 3.0 1.6 52.3 52.7 43.8 0.5 52.7 3,371 10.2 2.9 82.1 53.7 29.5 80.3 1.0 29.5 1,517 45.5 4,888Far Western 4.0 3.6 48.2 48.8 38.6 0.7 48.8 2,728 10.8 5.4 81.4 52.2 29.9 74.2 2.3 30.1 1,265 42.9 3,993SubregionSexMid-WesternMountainsAreaFamilybusinessEconomicactivityfor lessthan 14hoursEconomicactivityfor 14hoursor moreHouseholdchoresfor lessthan 28hoursHouseholdchoresfor 28hoursor more4.1 6.1 52.1 52.4 44.8 1.1 52.4 457 8.8 9.8 90.7 44.6 46.7 79.1 6.0 46.8 171 50.9 627Mid-Western Hills 3.5 0.3 58.4 58.7 48.3 0.4 58.7 1,786 10.6 0.6 86.8 59.9 28.0 86.9 0.3 28.0 771 49.4 2,556Mid-Western Terai 1.8 1.8 42.7 43.4 36.1 0.4 43.4 1,129 10.0 3.9 73.3 48.2 26.3 71.8 0.3 26.4 575 37.7 1,704Far Western Mountains 3.3 8.9 55.7 56.4 42.6 0.2 56.4 538 6.2 16.5 90.9 45.8 45.1 77.1 3.4 45.3 219 53.2 757Far Western Hills 7.3 0.7 48.0 48.2 34.4 1.6 48.2 1,011 18.0 2.7 92.5 47.7 44.8 72.9 5.0 45.0 402 47.3 1,413Far Western Terai 1.5 3.7 45.0 45.9 40.4 0.1 45.9 1,178 7.9 3.2 71.2 57.1 15.4 74.0 0.3 15.7 644 35.2 1,823Male 3.3 2.2 47.0 47.5 34.6 0.5 47.5 3,094 10.3 3.5 75.7 52.1 24.7 67.0 1.0 24.8 1,306 40.7 4,401Female 3.6 2.7 54.0 54.6 48.5 0.6 54.6 3,005 10.6 4.4 87.2 53.9 34.0 86.8 2.1 34.3 1,476 47.9 4,480Urban 1.2 0.4 39.2 39.4 32.0 0.3 39.4 550 4.6 2.2 69.3 54.7 15.7 68.8 1.2 16.4 293 31.4 843Rural 3.7 2.7 51.6 52.1 42.4 0.6 52.1 5,549 11.2 4.2 83.3 52.8 31.3 78.5 1.6 31.4 2,489 45.7 8,038School participationYes 3.6 2.4 53.2 53.7 43.9 0.6 53.7 5,460 9.6 4.0 81.8 53.8 28.8 78.1 1.6 29.0 2,617 45.7 8,077No 2.0 2.8 26.9 27.4 20.7 0.4 27.4 639 24.3 4.3 81.0 40.3 43.1 69.0 2.3 43.1 165 30.6 804Mother’s educationNone 3.9 2.7 53.8 54.3 44.1 0.5 54.3 4,678 11.3 4.3 84.5 52.8 32.4 78.8 1.9 32.6 2,343 47.0 7,022Primary 1.1 1.8 43.6 44.4 36.7 1.0 44.4 683 4.4 3.6 76.1 59.0 17.6 74.3 0.2 17.6 214 38.0 897Secondary + 2.7 1.6 36.0 36.2 29.3 0.7 36.2 732 7.7 1.3 59.4 49.8 12.6 68.3 0.2 12.9 220 30.8 952ChildlabourNo. ofchildrenaged12–14yearsTotalchildlabour[1]No. ofchildrenaged 5–14years