Objective: To find causes and health effects of children working in automobile workshops of Peshawar, Pakistan.
Materials & Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out in different automobile workshops, Peshawar from February to July 2016. After taking consent, data was collected from 200 randomly selected children via questionnaires. The study included children less than 15 years of age who were working in automobile workshops of Peshawar, while the children unable to answer the questions were excluded. The data were analyzed using excel and SPSS version 15.
Results: Most (84%) of the children working in automobile workshops were in the age range of 11-15 years. Major (47%) proportion had below primary level education. According to study father’s income for most (44%) children was Rs.11-15,000. 58% children were living in families having more than 10 members. Poverty was the main cause of working in workshops for 63% children. As a consequence 46.77% children were suffering from GIT problems.
Conclusion: The main causes of children working in automobile workshops were poverty and large families, as a result of working conditions most of the children suffered from gastrointestinal diseases.
Key Words: Child Health; Income; Automobiles; Poverty; Parents; Employment.
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