Effect of Households Poverty Level on Child Labour Participation among Households in Nigeria.

Abstract

The study was carried out to assess the effect  of household poverty level on child labour participation using primary data collected from forty household heads and eighty children in the study area. The data obtained was analyzed using frequency table, FGT poverty index and Tobit Regression model.

The result of the study revealed that, hawking of various items is the is the most important child labour activities in the study area, while the major reasons for participating in child labour work was found to be for supplementing parent income and to take care of children’s needs.

The result of FGT poverty analysis also revealed that children from poor households   engaged more in child labour activity when compared with children from non-poor Households. Result of Tobit regression model also revealed that, age of the children, age and sex of household heads, poverty head count, urban residency and distance to market are the major determinants of child labour participation in the study area.

Keyword: Child labour, poverty, participation and household.