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    The determinants of child labor in Uganda : evidence from the Uganda national nousehold survey 2019/20
    (Kyambogo University (Unpublished work), 2024-10) Atuheire, Ben
    This research investigated the determinants of child labor in Uganda. The objectives of the study were to investigate the effect of the individual, household and community characteristics on child labor. The study used Uganda National Household survey (UNHS) 2019/2020. The study used a Logit model to estimate the determinants of child labor in Uganda. The key findings suggested that child labor was positively and significantly influenced by age of the child, sex of the child, size of the household, biological father dead, residence of the household, parents level of education, distance to the source of firewood and sector of employment. However, child labor was negatively and significantly influenced by household income, region of location and distance to the source of water. The key policy recommendations of the study were; on distance to fire wood, government should enhance awareness of the population on measures to reduce environmental degradation through afforestation, reforestation, agroforestry, and preservation of the natural forests; government promote household access to clean sources of energy such as solar energy, biogas and rural electrification; on distance to the water source, government of Uganda should put in place measures to reduce distances covered to access clean water by drilling boreholes, facilitating poor households to construct water harvesting tanks and improving on existing wells.