ظاهرة عمالة الأطفال : محافظة ديالى إنموذجا

Abstract EN

The study aimed to identify the reasons for the work of children by employers, the study was applied to a sample of (30) employers in the industrial neighborhood of the car workshop and the vegetable market in the city of Baquba, A questionnaire prepared for this was used by Kadhum (2011), Using the appropriate statistical tools, the study reached the most important reasons that lead to the work of children, and the most important of these reasons (the wars that the country is subjected to, Which came in the first ranking and has received the highest mean in the questionnaire, reaching (2.73) and the percentage of weight (91.11), Then came the second ranking (weak supervision role of the institutions of social welfare).

This was the reason for the second ranking with a weighted average of (2.7) and a percentage weight (90), Then, in the third ranking, it was twice (guidance, guidance and advice).

It won the third position and got a weighted average (2.66) and a percentage weight (88.88), in the fourth order (loss of one or both parents), a weighted average (2.63) and a percentage weight (87.77), In the fifth place came divorce between the parents, with a weighted average of (2.6) and a percentage weight (86.66), At the end of the research, a number of recommendations and proposals were submitted to the relevant authorities.