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Study on child labour in automobile workshops of Peshawar, Pakistan

Author(s) -

Hazrat Ali Khan,

Adel Y Abdel Hameed,

Asif Khan Afridi

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

eastern mediterranean health journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 47

eISSN - 1687-1634

pISSN - 1020-3397

DOI - 10.26719/2007.13.6.1497

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , work (physics) , occupational safety and health , child labour , pediatrics , environmental health , population , engineering , mechanical engineering , pathology

To determine the characteristics of children working in car workshops in Peshawar, a descriptive survey was conducted from June to November 2005 of 200 boys (6-15 years) randomly selected from 32 workshops. A questionnaire was used to collect socioeconomic and work-related data. The majority of the boys had no or little education, had started work before the age of 10 years and earned <700 rupees/month. Most of their fathers had little education and were in poorly paid jobs, unemployed or deceased. About 40% of the boys were engaged in mechanical work. Watery eyes (31%), chronic cough (29%) and diarrhoea (22%) were the commonest symptoms reported by the boys and 38% had had a major injury.

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