Understanding children’s harmful work:  the methodological landscape

Keatie  Roelen; Inga  Barnett; Victoria  Johnson; Tessa Lewin; Dorte Thorsen; Giel Ton

doi:10.51952/9781529226072.ch003

Understanding children’s harmful work: the methodological landscape

Keatie Roelen, Inga Barnett, Victoria Johnson, Tessa Lewin, Dorte Thorsen, Giel Ton

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Abstract

This chapter details the merits and challenges of a range of quantitative, qualitative, participation and certification methods that have been used to measure and evaluate the extent and impact of children’s work and child labour. The review highlights the paucity in methods to accommodate considerations of children’s harmful work. It proposes a set of research design principles for studying children’s work. The chapter also calls for the use of new and innovative methods, highlighting the need for truly integrated mixed methods as well as more exploratory qualitative, participatory and emergent methodologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Children’s Work in African Agriculture
Subtitle of host publication	The Harmful and the Harmless
Editors	James Sumberg, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler
Publisher	Bristol University Press
Chapter	3
Pages	52-80
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Print)	978-1529226058
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529226072.ch003
Publication status	Published - 28 Apr 2023

Keywords

methodology; mixed methods; qualitative; quantitative; participatory; evaluation

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Understanding children’s harmful work: the methodological landscape. / Roelen, Keatie ; Barnett, Inga ; Johnson, Victoria et al.
Children’s Work in African Agriculture: The Harmful and the Harmless. ed. / James Sumberg; Rachel Sabates-Wheeler . Bristol University Press, 2023. p. 52-80.

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