Codes and Frequencies
Description
CHLHHWORKOTHRISK indicates whether the child household member selected for the child labor module (CHLHHINDEX) recently did work requiring exposure to other objects, processes, or conditions that pose a risk to health and safety. The meaning of "other" depends on specific work hazards identified in a survey.
This variable comes from a series of questions about possible hazardous conditions in children's work. If a "Yes" response was given for one of these hazardous conditions, questions about other hazards were not asked. Accordingly, the sum of all cases with "Yes" responses to any hazard identifies the total number of working children exposed to any (specified) hazard. This approach avoids double-counting working children but means one generally cannot identify multiple hazards in children's employment. However, a "yes" to this final question about other (unspecified) risks implies that the respondent said "no" to a list of other risks, such as carrying heavy loads, exposure to dust, and working in high places.
The information in CHLHHWORKOTHRISK is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.
Universe
- Benin 2017: Women age 15-49 households with a child age 5-17 selected for the child labor module and in which the child performed some type of agricultural, business, artisanal, sales, or other work in the past week, and whose work did not require carrying heavy loads, using dangerous tools or machinery, exposure to dust, smoke, or gas, to exteme temperatures or humidity, to loud noise or vibration, to heights, or to chemicals.
- Burundi 2016: Women age 15-49 in households with a child age 5-17 selected for the child labor module and in which the child performed some type of agricultural, business, artisanal, sales, or other work in the past week, and whose work did not require carrying heavy loads, using unsafe tools, or exposure to dust, smoke, gas, exteme temperatures, loud noise, vibrations, dangerous chemicals, or explosives.
- Chad 2014: Women age 15-49 in households with a resident child age 5-17 selected for the child labor module and in which the child performed some type of agricultural, business, artisanal, sales, or other work in the past week, and whose work did not require carrying heavy loads, using unsafe tools, or exposure to dust, smoke, gas, exteme temperatures, loud noise, vibrations, dangerous chemicals, or explosives, in households not selected for the men's survey.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2013: Women age 15-49 in households with a child age 5-17 selected for the child labor module and in which the child performed some type of agricultural, business, artisanal, sales, or other work in the past week, and whose work did not require carrying heavy loads, using unsafe tools, or exposure to dust, smoke, gas, exteme temperatures, loud noise, vibrations, dangerous chemicals, or explosives, in households not selected for the men's survey.
- Egypt 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 in households with a child age 5-17 selected for the child labor module and in which the child's work did not require carrying heavy loads, using unsafe tools, or exposure to dust, smoke, gas, exteme temperatures, loud noise, vibrations, dangerous chemicals, or explosives.
- Senegal 2014: Women age 15-49 in households with a child age 5-17 and in which the child performed some type of agricultural, business, artisanal, sales, or other work in the past week, and whose work did not require carrying heavy loads, using unsafe tools, or exposure to dust, smoke, gas, exteme temperatures, loud noise, vibrations, dangerous chemicals, or explosives.
- Senegal 2015: Women age 15-49 in households with a resident child age 5-17 and in which the child performed some type of agricultural, business, artisanal, sales, or other work in the past week, and whose work did not require carrying heavy loads, using unsafe tools, or exposure to dust, smoke, gas, exteme temperatures, loud noise, vibrations, dangerous chemicals, or explosives.
- Senegal 2016: Women age 15-49 in households with a resident child age 5-17 and in which the child performed some type of agricultural, business, artisanal, sales, or other work in the past week, and whose work did not require carrying heavy loads, using unsafe tools, or exposure to dust, smoke, gas, exteme temperatures, loud noise, vibrations, dangerous chemicals, or explosives.
- Togo 2013: Women age 15-49 in households with a child age 5-17 selected for the child labor module and in which the child performed some type of agricultural, business, artisanal, sales, or other work in the past week, and whose work did not require carrying heavy loads, using unsafe tools, or exposure to dust, smoke, gas, exteme temperatures, loud noise, vibrations, dangerous chemicals, or explosives.
