Volume : 8, Issue : 10, October - 2019

A study on the Living conditions of Child Labor working in Tinsukia Town of Assam

Ram Naresh Das

Abstract :

This paper analyses the implications of child labor working in different unorganized sectors and self-employed to know their working conditions at the work place, working hours, earnings and particularly to examine whether they do the work willingly or compelled by any other person. The study is a descriptive study conducted in ‘Tinsukia Town’ during the period 1st July to 30th July 2019. The total 150 child workers selected randomly as respondents for the study who had not attained the age of 14 years. The necessary information from the respondents pertaining to their working conditions, perceptions towards these working conditions and level of awareness regarding the legality of the practice of the child labor has been collected through a schedule prepared for the purpose. The collected data is represented in the tabular form for getting the inferences based on the objectives of the study. Arithmetic percentage is adopted as the statistical tool for analysis and better presentation of the data for better understanding about the litigation behind the fact as well as to offer suggestions to the stakeholders in reducing the evil of child labor from our country