Geographical analysis of the phenomenon of child labor between causes, effects and its repercussions on the community of Tikrit city

Abstract

The research aims to study some of the economic and social variables that push children to enter the labor market, by answering the research questions related to the causes of child labor and the circumstances of their families. Therefore, child labor is a phenomenon closely linked to economic and social characteristics, especially the economic level, which represents one of the basic variables that push the individual towards work in any society, as economic reasons top the list of reasons leading to children's involvement in work. The low standard of living of the family plays a role in directing children to the labor market instead of continuing their studies or combining them, in addition to social variables, and this is what studies and research that focused on child labor indicated, as families with low and even medium incomes are sometimes forced to throw some of their children into the labor market in order to obtain part of their material requirements. The research targeted working children during the field study (random sample), as the size of the studied sample amounted to (125) children, both boys and girls, and at the environmental level in the study area, their ages ranged between (7-14) years. These children work in marginal jobs that do not bring them a large income, in addition to their physical build that does not qualify them to work in hard work (selling bags, selling water bottles, loading and unloading light things).