Community Perception about Risk Associated with the Child Occupations: A Case of Bangalore City-India

Abstract

Recent World Bank report (2013) has revealed that, approximately more than Twenty million children are working in India in various sectors, which is largest in terms of any country in the world. In every nation, the welfare of the entire community depends on the health and welfare of the child. The child welfare policy should acknowledge the fact that the personality of a human being is built up in the formative years of the child. Physical, social and cultural health of the nation determined by the manner in which the life of the child is shaped in early stages. Child welfare includes the total well being of the child. It not only includes care of the malnourished child, delinquent and the disabled child, but also the development of the normal child’s physical, mental, emotional and social faculties. Risk in any child work is a common phenomenon. Different risks involved in child work will leads to have more impact on her/his future life. Risks involved in the any child work has not yet effectively revealed by any studies so far.  This study has been conducted in Bangalore city –India to find out how community evaluates the risk associated with various child occupations using focus group study technique. This study conclude that community has partially aware that risks associated with various child’s work .