The Determinants of Female Child Labour in Pakistan: The Case of Multan City

The ever-rising danger of child labour has created several problems inPakistan. The purpose of this study is to find out those determinants whichaffect the female child labour in Multan and also identify some newdeterminants which affect the incidence of the child labour. Data has beencollected for 200 female labourers, employed as maidservants, baby sittersand other household activities. The results of the study show that femalechild labour decreases due to increase in schools, assets, per-capita income,transfer payments, education and number of employed members in a familywhile on the other hand; large family size increases the female child labour.On the basis of the econometric analysis, we may suggest that governmentofficers, media experts, members of non-government organizations andeducationists should make serious and sincere efforts to achieve theobjective of decreasing the incidence of female child labour and developtheir living situations