CAUSES OF CHILD LABOR

By

Sara

A Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, in partial
fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of BS (Economics) 8th Semester
Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar
2009-13

Certificate of Approval

I certify that I have read FACTORS AFFECTING CHILD LABOR: A STUDY OF

PESHAWAR DISTRICT by Sara, and that in my opinion this work meets the criteria for
approving a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the BS (Economics)
8th Semester at the Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar.

Supervisor

Name: Mr. Rehmat Ali

Designation: Lecturer
Signature:

Coordinator Research & Development Department

Name: Mr. Owais Mufti

Signature:

Declaration

I, hereby declare that the research submitted to R&DD by me is my own original work. I am
aware of the fact that in case my work is found to be plagiarized or not genuine, R&DD has the
full authority to cancel my research work and I am liable to penal action.

Students Name: SARA

Date: 17/12/2013.

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Dedication
This research is dedicated to my family for their support and encouragement.

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Abstract

Problem of Child labor is a considerable phenomenon for both developed and developing nations
there are many factors that affect child labor. The purpose of this study is to explore factors
affecting child labor in Pakistan. For this purpose district Peshawar is selected as population and
in Peshawar city four areas include Karkhanu Market, Board Bazar, Peshawar Sadar and
Peshawar City are selected for further selection of sample. Sample size of 100 respondents is
selected from the mentioned four areas from each area 25 respondents are selected and
interviewed. Descriptive statistics and Regression model is used in performing the analysis.
Results of regression model showed that factors i.e. size of family, father income, parents
education status and child illiteracy do not affect child labor.

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Acknowledgement
All the prayers to Almighty Allah, who gave me the courage, strength and willpower
to complete this research study.
I owe an massive debt to the below noted patrons who paid full attention and provided
extraordinary support, cooperation and able guidance, for which I feel it expedient to pay tribute
to all of them, with tremendous thanks and cordial gratitude as their able guidance and assistance
made me competent to complete this difficult and curious task. Amongst these first of all I am
highly indebted to my supervisor Mr. Rehmat Ali, whose technical advice, guidance, and
valuable ideas were greatly helpful in completing this research. He gave me confidence and
without his help it would have been difficult for me to complete this research report.
Finally, my biggest gratitude is to my family for their endless love, support and trust.
Without them I would have never come up to this stage.

Sara.