Bellary District, - PRC

Table 45: Children working outside and inside the homePer cent of children aged 5-14 years working both outside and inside the home; and doing household chores orother family work by selected background characteristics, Bellary District, Karnataka, MICS, 2002Per cent of children working bothoutside and inside the homePer cent of children engaged inhousehold chores for more than fourhours a day or doing other family workCharacteristicsAge of the child5-9 years 0.7 3.210-14 years 16.4 14.5Sex of the childMale 3.9 11.1Female 14.2 7.5Place of residenceRural 10.7 10.7Urban 4.8 5.5ReligionHindu 10.1 10.0Muslim 3.7 6.9Missing 0.0 0.0Caste/tribeScheduled caste 12.5 8.0Scheduled tribe 12.5 12.5Other 5.8 9.4Missing 0.0 0.0Household literacyNo literate 17.4 12.5Some literate 7.7 9.1All literate 0.6 2.5Attending schoolYes 0.0 2.6No 33.1 27.2Survival of parentsBoth alive 8.0 8.8Anyone or both not alive 19.7 15.3Total 9.1 9.3Note: Total includes 21 children for whom information on survival status of parent is either not known or missing.Information on religion and caste/tribe was not asked for 87 children living in institutional households.54