QUESTIONNAIRE ON CHILD LABOUR

NAME-………………………………………. GENDER-(Male) (Female)

1. Are you in support of child labor?

 Yes
 No
 Don’t know

2. What do you think the reasons of the child labor phenomenon?

 Poverty
 Education
 Political system
 Culture

3. Why are children forced to do labor?

 Lack of money
 Considered nil importance of education

4. Will child labor decrease as poor countries develop?

 Yes
 No

5. Is the poor education a cause of child labor?

 Yes
 No

6. Will children be worse off if they don’t work?

 Yes
 No

7.Child labor should be banned?

 Yes
 No

8. Which of these is true of India's child labor situation?

 There are new laws being put into place to reduce child labor.
 The percentage of child laborers in India is decreasing.
 The number of child laborers in India is increasing.
 All of these answers are true.
9. Say a child labor act is being made. In your opinion what should be the minimum age for a child to
start working?
 12
 14
 18
 I don’t support child labor at all

10. Ending child labor- what can student and citizens do to prevent the spread and support of child
labor?
 Enforce law
 Fight for their rights and benefits

11. If you have powers to abolish child labor completely than what will you do for stop child labor?
 Open different charities
 Provide them free education for future survive

12. With the development in science and technology what do you think is the change in growth of child
labor?
 Decrease
 Increase
 No change

13. Is there any existing act in India’s constitution which protects child labor?
 Yes and efficient
 Yes and in-efficient
 No but would be efficient if existed
 Do not know/unaware of any

14. Do you know any NGO working for the rights of child labor? If yes then how many of them you
know?
 1
 2
 3 or more
 None

15. Which social evil are children most vulnerable to in child labor?
 Drugs
 Sexual abuse
 Violence/Crime
 Various diseases such as AIDS/HIV