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Education, Age and Gender: Critical Factors in Determining Interventions for Child Brick Workers in Pakistan and

Catherine Pellenq1, Laurent Lima1, Susan Gunn2

  • 1Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Apprentissages en Contexte/Research Laboratory on Learnings in Context, Grenoble-Alpes University, LARAC/1251 Avenue Centrale, Domaine Universitaire, 38000 Grenoble, France.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|June 10, 2022
PubMed

Insights

Child labor in brick factories impacts psychosocial health, but risks vary by age and gender. Interventions must consider these specific subgroups, especially girls not attending school.

Area of Science:

  • Occupational health
  • Child psychology
  • Developmental psychology

Background:

  • Child labor in brick factories is widespread, with limited success in removal efforts.
  • Impoverished families weigh child labor contributions against perceived risks.
  • Psychosocial impacts of child labor are often overlooked in intervention design.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze psychosocial risks and impacts on child brick workers in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • To identify specific subgroups of child workers with differential psychosocial outcomes.
  • To inform tailored policy and intervention strategies for child labor.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study involving 450 child brick workers and 486 controls (aged 11-17).
  • Administered a comprehensive occupational health assessment including a psychosocial risk module.
  • Utilized Factorial ANOVAs to analyze predictors of psychosocial health.

Main Results:

  • Brick factory work was the strongest predictor of negative psychosocial health.
  • Older girls reported better psychosocial well-being when working compared to staying home.
  • Schooling showed positive associations, particularly for younger boys and adolescent girls.
  • Girls not attending school were identified as the highest psychosocial risk group.

Conclusions:

  • Psychosocial impacts of child labor are significant and vary by demographic factors.
  • Interventions must be tailored to specific age and gender categories of child workers.
  • Addressing schooling access is crucial, especially for girls, to mitigate psychosocial risks.

Keywords:
AfghanistanPakistanagebrick kilnschild laborgenderhealthpsychosocial well-being

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