Abstract
Child labour remains a widespread problem in the world today. Although, child labour can have positive effects in some situations, it has negative effects on health and development of the children. Thus, the purpose of the study is to identify the determinants of child labour in agriculture sector and its socio-economic correlates. The data have been collected using purposive sampling process from two districts of Rajshahi division, Bangladesh by schedule questionnaire. Binary logistic regression analysis has been used to measure the individual impact on the determinants of child labour and socio-economic correlates. In the study areas, male children (90.20%) are more visible than that of female (9.80%) and those children are working more times in agriculture sector violating working laws and regulations due to poverty and family requirements. Empirical results show that if the fathers are employed in agriculture, it raises the probability that a child would work on that sector. The presence of very young child labour, parents’ willingness to invest them for their financial security and payment of loan, and three-fourth child labour had been enforced by the poverty; they did not get enough food and regular payment coupled with low labour cost. Since these children are a part of the young adults who constitute the major sector of Bangladeshi population, it follows that their health status should be a major concern for the community, policy makers and development planners.
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