NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western RegionsTable CP.3 presents the percentage of children aged 5–14 years involved in child labour who wereattending school and the percentage of children aged 5–14 years attending school who wereinvolved in child labour. Of the 44 percent of children in the MFWR who were involved in childlabour, over nine out of 10 (94 percent) were also attending school. There was little variation byregion, gender, urban/rural area or age group. Subregionally, the highest percentage was in the FarWestern Terai (96 percent) and the lowest was in the Mid-Western Mountains and Far WesternMountains (both 90 percent). Mother’s education and household wealth quintile affected thelikelihood of a child being involved in child labour and also attending school. Children whose motherhad no education (93 percent) were more likely than children whose mother had primary education(97 percent) or at least secondary education (99 percent) to be involved in child labour and alsoattending school. Children from the poorest quintile (87 percent) were less likely than children fromother quintiles to be involved in child labour and also attending school, with children from therichest quintile (99 percent) being the most likely.Of the 91 percent of children aged 5–14 years attending school in the MFWR, 46 percent were alsoinvolved in child labour. There was little variation by region or gender. Subregionally, the percentagewas highest in the Mid-Western Mountains (55 percent) and lowest in the Far Western Terai (36percent). Urban children (32 percent) who were attending school were less likely to be also involvedin child labour than their rural counterparts (47 percent). Younger children who were attendingschool (54 percent) were more likely than older children attending school (29 percent) to be alsoinvolved in child labour. The likelihood of attending school and being involved in child labour wasinfluenced by mother’s education level and household wealth status. Some 49 percent of childrenattending school whose mother had no education were also involved in child labour compared to 40percent of children whose mother had primary education and 31 percent of children whose motherhad at least secondary education. Some 53 percent of children attending school from the poorestquintile were also involved in child labour compared to 30 percent of children attending school fromthe richest quintile.148