This dissertation examines the factors that determine child labor in Indonesia in the context of modernization theory. The analysis focuses on children ages 10-19 years old both in and out of school, and also on the type of labor they performed, as paid or unpaid family workers. For this purpose the Indonesian Labor Force Survey (Sakernas 1988) was used. / Seven variables were used in the logistic model to explain the variation of child labor. These variables are place of residence, child's age, child's gender, family size, head of household's education, gender, and occupation. / The results suggest that rural areas, older children, boys, smaller family size, less educated parents, and parents from traditional jobs are related to child labor. In general, out of school children are more likely to be involved in child labor than are in school children, and more often as paid laborers. / The results indicate that children from rural areas were much more often involved in child labor for both in and out of school children. Out of school working children from urban areas are more than twice as likely to work in paid labor than are in school children. Older children, as well as boys, were more involved in child labor and in the paid labor market. However, interaction terms exist between child's gender and head of household's education and occupation for out of school children only, and implies that the effect of parents' education and occupation on child labor and type of labor were different across child's gender when interacted with the parents' education and occupation. The findings also indicated that increasing the parents' education tends to reduce child labor, and if the children work it tend to be in the paid labor force both for in and out of school children. Children from parents of unpaid family workers, as well as children from parents who are self-employed assisted by family members or employers are more often to be involved in child labor and working as unpaid family workers. / Overall, the findings suggest that the variation of child labor in this country can be explained in terms of modernization theory. Working or non working status as well as work for paid or as work for family worker very much depend on whether the children are living in modern or non-modern environment and family background. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-09, Section: A, page: 3602. / Major Professor: David F. Sly. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77008 |
| Contributors | Muhammad, Said., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 139 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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