SRC-034 · Complete metadata
Socio-Economic Status of Freed Bonded Labour (Mukta Kamaiya) in Nepal (A Case Study in Rajapur-4, Bardiya District)
Krishna Kumari Chaudhary · 2013
Record details
- Study population
- Mukta Kamaiya households
- Geography
- Rajapur VDC ward 4, Bardiya district, Nepal
- Sample size
- 99 households
- Method
- Survey / quantitative: Descriptive and exploratory field survey, observation, and interviews
- Labour system
- Kamaiya, Child labour
- Themes
- Land & livelihoods, Forced labour & debt, Child labour & education
Recorded findings
- Very small landholdings led many Mukta Kamaiya households into daily labour.
- Wage labour was the occupation of 66.7% of respondents; Kamlahri child labour was still reported by 6% of households.
Repository note
Single ward-level case study; the thesis states findings do not represent all Mukta Kamaiya communities.
Citation
Chaudhary, K. K. (2013). Socio-economic status of freed bonded labour (Mukta Kamaiya) in Nepal: A case study in Rajapur-4, Bardiya District [MA thesis, Faculty of Rural Development, Tribhuvan University].