{"product_id":"2940149069644","title":"Working Children in Agriculture in Haiti, Sud Department","description":"ICF International carried out a survey of child work in Haiti for the U.S. Department of Labor\u003cbr\u003e(USDOL) in December 2011. The main population of interest consisted of children ages 5 to 17\u003cbr\u003ewho were involved in agriculture. The primary objective of the study was to estimate the\u003cbr\u003eprevalence of children working in agriculture in the Sud Department of Haiti, and to obtain\u003cbr\u003erepresentative information on the working conditions of these children, with a focus on\u003cbr\u003eworkplace hazards.\u003cbr\u003eTo collect these data, ICF International conducted a quantitative household survey in the Sud\u003cbr\u003eDepartment of Haiti. The household survey included interviews with adult informants about the\u003cbr\u003ehousehold and its members, as well as interviews with all the children ages 5 to 17 living in the\u003cbr\u003ehousehold. The sample, which was representative of rural areas in the Sud Department, included\u003cbr\u003ea total of 999 interviews with adult household members and 1,414 interviews with children.\u003cbr\u003eBased on this representative sample, the study estimated that approximately 256,000 people\u003cbr\u003e(ages 5 and older) in the Sud Department of Haiti participated in agriculture for at least 1 hour in\u003cbr\u003ethe previous 12 months. Out of these 256,000, approximately 176,000 were active in the\u003cbr\u003eprevious 7 days. Based on the household survey, approximately one-fourth of agricultural\u003cbr\u003eworkers who had worked in the last 7 days were children. Reports from adults indicated that\u003cbr\u003enearly half as many children were working compared with child self-reports (44,817 versus\u003cbr\u003e92,442 in the last 7 days). Slightly more of the child workers in agriculture were male than\u003cbr\u003efemale (56.2 versus 43.8 percent, respectively, according to child reports). Working children\u003cbr\u003ewere older on average than nonworking children (median age of 12 for working children versus\u003cbr\u003e9 for nonworking children).\u003cbr\u003eThis study found that approximately half of both working and nonworking children were living\u003cbr\u003ewith both parents (48.5 and 51.7 percent, respectively). The marital status of the heads of\u003cbr\u003ehousehold for the two groups were similar and indicated that most (82.7 percent) of the\u003cbr\u003echildren’s households were headed by married individuals. Approximately one-fourth of\u003cbr\u003ethe children’s heads of household had completed primary school or higher (20.4 percent for\u003cbr\u003eworking children and 25.7 percent for nonworking children). A comparison of the indicators of\u003cbr\u003esocioeconomic status explored in this study indicated no difference between the families\u003cbr\u003eof working children and those of nonworking children.\u003cbr\u003eThe vast majority (90.9 percent) of surveyed children were attending school at the time of the\u003cbr\u003esurvey. Among those not attending school, by far the most commonly cited reason for not doing\u003cbr\u003eso was lack of financial means (72.6 percent). Daily attendance appeared to be high both for\u003cbr\u003echildren working in agriculture and those not working in agriculture, with 92.1 percent of all\u003cbr\u003echildren reporting attending school every day during the last week school was in session.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, working in agriculture was associated with poorer school performance. Children\u003cbr\u003eworking in agriculture had an average 3.0 age-grade delay compared to 2.0 for nonworking\u003cbr\u003echildren. Overall, 7.5 percent of children working in agriculture and attending school reported\u003cbr\u003ethat their work interfered with their studies, and 10.8 percent reported having missed school for\u003cbr\u003ework on a weekly basis.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084522733808,"sku":"2940149069644","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149069644_p0.jpg?v=1763712365","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149069644","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}