Working Children in Egypt: Results of the 2010 National Child Labour Survey
| Author(s) |
Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) International Labour Organization (ILO) |
| Date |
2012-01-01 |
| Country |
Egypt |
| Language |
English |
| Table of contents |
Preface..............................................................................................................................................vii
Executive summary............................................................................................................................ix
Introduction........................................................................................................................................1
1. Survey methodology and data set...............................................................................................3
1.1. Sample design.....................................................................................................................3
1.2. Questionnaire design..........................................................................................................3
1.3. Definitions of children in employment ("working children") and child labourers.............4
1.4. Differences in reporting between adult and child questionnaires.....................................5
2. Brief background on the socio-economic characteristics of Egypt.............................................7
3. Children's work and schooling activities.....................................................................................9
3.1. Children's multiple activities...............................................................................................9
3.2. Schooling...........................................................................................................................12
3.3. Participation in unpaid household services......................................................................14
3.4. Employment......................................................................................................................15
3.4.1. Child employment rates........................................................................................15
3.4.2. Characteristics of child employment.....................................................................15
4. Child labour................................................................................................................................21
5. Determinants of child employment and child labour...............................................................27
5.1. Methodology.....................................................................................................................27
5.2. Regression results.............................................................................................................28
5.3. Simulations........................................................................................................................31
6. Conclusions and policy implications..........................................................................................43
References.........................................................................................................................................45
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Sample design.............................................................................................................47
Appendix B: Map of Egypt...............................................................................................................57
Appendix C: List of hazardous occupations defined by Ministerial Decree No. 118 of 2003 of the Ministry of Manpower and Migration..............................................................59
Appendix D: National Child Labour Survey 2010 Questionnaire.....................................................61 |
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