 Child Activities in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: a Comparative AnalysisSonia Bhalotra and Christopher Heady Chapter 9 in Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective, 2001, pp 158-184 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract While South Asia has the largest number of working children, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence of child labour. Child work participation rates are 41 per cent in Africa as compared with 21 per cent in Asia and 17 per cent in Latin America (Ashagrie, 1998). Comparative work is a first step in gaining an insight into the universality of the problem of child work. South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are clearly very different environments, their common ground being that the average household, at least in rural areas, is poor. We compare the determinants of child labour in the two countries, including household living standards, household human capital and demographics, and community-level data on schools and infrastructure. The data describe prominent differences in the environment that children grow up in. We then present a summary of the determinants of the variation in child work across households within each country. Interesting contrasts across country and gender are highlighted. Keywords: Household Head; Child Labour; Household Farm; Farm Work; Child Activity (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-4039-0540-6_9 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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