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Nepal Child Labour Report 2021
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal, and International Labour Organization · 2021
Record details
- Study population
- Haliya, Kamaiya and Kamlaris
- Geography
- National and Provincial
- Sample size
- Based on the Nepal Labour Force Survey (NLFS) 2017/18, representative of 18,000 households
- Method
- Survey / quantitative: Descriptive and empirical analysis (bivariate probit model) using a two-stage stratified sampling design
- Labour system
- Kamaiya, Haliya, Kamlari, Child labour
- Themes
- Legal abolition & policy, Land & livelihoods, Forced labour & debt, Child labour & education
Recorded findings
- 1.1 million children (15.3%) were involved in child labour in 2018, a decline from 1.6 million in 2008. 87% of child labour is in the agriculture sector.
Repository note
The report does not capture certain at-risk categories such as street children, children in prostitution, or those in bonded labour not residing in a typical household.
Citation
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal, & International Labour Organization. (2021, April 29). Nepal child labour report 2021.