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[1Z120] An Analysis of the Influence of Child Labour on School Attendance and Educational Attainment of Primary School Students in Bangladesh

*Mubin Afridi¹ (1. Kobe University)

Keywords:Child Labour, Primary School Attendance , Educational Attainment

The influence of child work on school attendance and educational attainment in middle-income, low-middle-income, and low-income nations has been the subject of conflicting research in the past. Bangladesh and other South Asian nations are no different. Furthermore, the majority of research done in Bangladesh focusses on either urban or rural regions of the country and does not provide a comprehensive picture of the situation throughout Bangladesh. Additionally, there are several forms of child employment, such as household duties, economic activity outside the home, and hazardous child labour. However, no research has been done in Bangladesh to examine the effects of these forms of child labour on educational achievement and school attendance. So, this study aims to examine the influence of household chores, child labour and hazardous child labour on the school attendance and educational attainment of primary school children in Bangladesh and to see the regional difference in urban and rural areas. This research makes use of the most current, nationally representative, and openly accessible data set, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019 Bangladesh dataset. 5878 is the sample size that results from data cleaning. The Logistic Regression Model was used in this study because the dependent variable is binary. The study's conclusions imply that doing household chores both inside and outside the home exacerbates the detrimental influence on students' attendance at school. Compared to children who work in one type of employment or none at all, children active in both settings are more likely to have irregular attendance. The combination of in-home and outside-of-home labour is linked to a worsening effect on educational achievement. This study also comes to the conclusion that unsafe child work greatly exacerbates the detrimental influences on Bangladeshi primary school students' attendance and scholastic attainment.