Social & cultural correlates of child labour in India

According to Singh and Mohanty1 showed that the lack of education is the main cause of child labour. Lack of education leads to high fertility ultimately results in to higher child labour. In the study of Laskar2 it is found out that low social and economic condition compels children to enter into low wages, hazardous work environment which prove detrimental to their health and educational prospects. Burra3 noticed that most of the children were working due to family pressure and their parents and governments are not careful about their education. This paper is an attempt to understand the socio-cultural correlates of child labour in India.