Effect of child labor and performance on child relationship with head in rural areas of Niger State, Nigeria
In assessing the impact of child labor hours and educational performance on child relationship with head, an analytical model was developed based on the theories of Basu and Van (1998), and Fan (2011).Empirical data were obtained from socio-economic survey (SES) 2014, with a sample size of 845 prim...
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| author | Alfa, Abdulmumini Baba Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini |
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| description | In assessing the impact of child labor hours and educational performance on child relationship with head, an analytical model was developed based on the theories of Basu and Van (1998), and Fan (2011).Empirical data were obtained from socio-economic survey (SES) 2014, with a sample size
of 845 primary school pupils ranging from 10 to 14 years of age from 435 households in Suleja local government rural districts.The result from logit analysis shows that non-biological child engage in more hours of work than the biological child. Equally, children from the households that earn income below subsistence level work more hours, with negative impact on performance than those from households that earn income above subsistence.The use of extra-curricular activities social capital was therefore recommended to curb to reduce child participation in labor and enhance child school performance. |
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| spelling | uum-196482016-11-15T08:32:06Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/19648/ Effect of child labor and performance on child relationship with head in rural areas of Niger State, Nigeria Alfa, Abdulmumini Baba Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini HM Sociology In assessing the impact of child labor hours and educational performance on child relationship with head, an analytical model was developed based on the theories of Basu and Van (1998), and Fan (2011).Empirical data were obtained from socio-economic survey (SES) 2014, with a sample size of 845 primary school pupils ranging from 10 to 14 years of age from 435 households in Suleja local government rural districts.The result from logit analysis shows that non-biological child engage in more hours of work than the biological child. Equally, children from the households that earn income below subsistence level work more hours, with negative impact on performance than those from households that earn income above subsistence.The use of extra-curricular activities social capital was therefore recommended to curb to reduce child participation in labor and enhance child school performance. EconJournals 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/19648/1/IJEFI%206%203%202016%20%20892-900.pdf Alfa, Abdulmumini Baba and Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini (2016) Effect of child labor and performance on child relationship with head in rural areas of Niger State, Nigeria. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 6 (3). pp. 892-900. ISSN 2146-4138 http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/2201 |
| spellingShingle | HM Sociology Alfa, Abdulmumini Baba Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini Effect of child labor and performance on child relationship with head in rural areas of Niger State, Nigeria |
| title | Effect of child labor and performance on child relationship with head in rural areas of Niger State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Effect of child labor and performance on child relationship with head in rural areas of Niger State, Nigeria |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of child labor and performance on child relationship with head in rural areas of Niger State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Effect of child labor and performance on child relationship with head in rural areas of Niger State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | effect of child labor and performance on child relationship with head in rural areas of niger state nigeria |
| topic | HM Sociology |
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