Work-related injuries among 5 - 17 years-old working children in Egypt: findings from a national child labor survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Egypt has agreed and ratified international regulations that strict child labor. However, the country still struggles with high prevalence of child labor and the associated negative social and health effects. The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence and determinants of work-related injuries among working children in Egypt.

Methods

This study involved a secondary data analysis of the National Child Labor Survey (NCLS) conducted in 2010 by The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Egypt with technical and financial support from the ILO's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) through its Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor (SIMPOC). The total number of working children wh

SUBMITTER: Fouad AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9260979 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature