Child labour in Kerala: The work and working ambience in the capital city

From: Journal of Third World Studies | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

By R. Sooryamoorthy*

INTRODUCTION

Asia records the highest concentration of child labour with 44.6 million children in the 10-14 age group. Africa follows with 23.6 million, and Latin America has about 5.1 million child workers. Three countries in South Asia namely, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan record the largest number of child labourers in the world. And India ranks first in the number of child labourers in the world.1

The figures on child labour in India, provided by various agencies, do not offer a uniform picture. Census 1991 reports that the working children in India form 15 per ...

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