Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with the Psychological Maltreatment and Neglect of Child Laborers in Rural Bangladesh

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics reported by child laborers aged 10–17 years.

Characteristics	Categories	(%)
Age	10–12 years	32
	13–15 years	68
Current school enrolment	Yes	38.4
Type of occupation	Agriculture	70
	Domestic	30
Income of per month	≤BDT2000	58.6
	BDT2001–5000	24.3
	BDT5001–8000	17.1
Working hours	1–4 hrs/day	6.6
	5–8 hrs/day	63.2
	≥9 hrs/day	30.3
Living arrangements	Return to home	64.3
	Sleep at employer’s house/workplace	35.7
Mother’s education	Primary	23.1
	No educational qualification	76.9
Father’s occupation	Farmer	48.5
	Driver	20.6
	Businessman	15.5
	Unemployed	15.5
Land ownership	Yes	22.1
Drug abuse among co-workers	Yes	40.2
Drug abuse among family members	Yes	38.3

Note. Sample size (N) = 100, (US$1 = BDT107 at time of printing).