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National Child Labour Survey 2008

Rwanda, 2008
Reference ID
RWA_2008_CLS_v01_M
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
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DDI/XML JSON
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Apr 25, 2019
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  • Identification
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Identification

Survey ID Number
RWA_2008_CLS_v01_M
Title
National Child Labour Survey 2008
Country
Name Country code
Rwanda RWA
Study type
Child Labor Survey [hh/cls]
Abstract
Child labour is a critical issue in Rwanda. This issue is considered as a socialization factor and gives rise to the problem of children’s participation in improving socioeconomic life of their respective households, and even in improving that of the country. The purpose of the National Child Labour Survey is to generate data on child labour (including education, economic and non-economic activities) and embark on the process of creating a database containing both qualitative and quantitative data on the child labour phenomenon in Rwanda.

These objectives unfold as follows:
-To collect information on characteristics, nature, extent and reasons influencing childlabour in Rwanda and assess working conditions and impact on children health, education and normal development of children;
-To create a database (quantitative and qualitative) on child labour which can be regularly updated through additional surveys and other administrative documents;
-To carry out a comprehensive analysis of the conditions of children in employment in Rwanda by presenting the structure of activities, working conditions and their effects on children.

The 2008 Rwanda National Child Labour Survey (2008-RNCLS) focused on children aged 5-17 years living in ordinary households countrywide. Street children and those living in institutions like prisons, hospitals, children living in orphanages and others not living in ordinary households were not focused on in the survey. Only households having children aged 5 -17 years were targeted by the 2008-RNCLS. In total, 5,510 households were selected to constitute the survey sample and among them 5,084 were successfully identified and interviewed during the field survey, which is a response rate of nearly 92%.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- Households
- Individuals

Version

Version Description
v0.1: Basic raw data, obtained from data entry.
Version Date
2008-09

Scope

Notes
The scope of the National Child Labour Survey includes:
- Household: Household characteristics, Households population composition, Sex of head of household, Household size, Marital status and education level of heads of households, Sector of activities of heads of household, Household wealth index
- Children: Economic activities by children, Situation of “inactive children”, School attendance, Household chores (unpaid households services), Sectors of children’s economic activity, Workplace, Work intensity of children in employment, Extent of child labour, Hazardous work, Branches of activities, Employment status of child labourers, Working time, Children’s employment and health

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National coverage
Geographic Unit
Village level which is the smallest administrative unit in Rwanda
Universe
The National Child Labour Survey has covered children aged 5 to 17 years living in ordinary households countrywide.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
International Labour Office International Organization Technical support
United Nations Children's Fund International Organization Technical support
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF Financial support
International Labour Office ILO Financial support
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name Affiliation Role
Mr. Yacouba Diallo International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) Data analysis and report writing
Mr. RUTERANA Baudouin Abdorf National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Data analysis and report writing
MURANGWA Yusuf National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Supervision of data analysis and report writing
Ministry of Public Service and Labour (MIFOTRA) Government of Rwanda Survey Preparation and implementation of the survey
Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) Government of Rwanda Survey Preparation and implementation of the survey
Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) Government of Rwanda Survey Preparation and implementation of the survey
Ministry of Sports and Culture (MINISPOC) Government of Rwanda Survey Preparation and implementation of the survey
Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF) Government of Rwanda Survey Preparation and implementation of the survey
Private Sector Federation (PSF)
National Human Right Commission (NHRC)
National Demobilisation Commission
National Police
COSYLI
COTRAF
CESTRAR

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The sample of the National Child Labour Survey is a stratified two-stage sampling. The primary sampling stage is a cluster which is constituted of one enumeration block (EB) as it was designed in 2002 Rwanda General Census of Population and Housing.

At first stage, enumeration areas constructed on the basis of the 2002 Rwanda General Census of Population and Housing served as sampling frame for the drawing of lots of a sample of 300 enumeration blocks or clusters with the distribution of 10 enumeration blocks per District. The drawing of lots has been carried out with a proportional probability to the size of each cluster. The size has been measured on the basis of the number of households having children aged 5 to 17 years that constitute each enumeration block, according to the 2002 Rwanda General Census of Population and Housing. To pick those households, one has considered the households which had children under 13 years old in 2002.

For the second stage where the sampling unit was a household, a household list was first updated in each EB selected at primary stage and then a constant number of households have been selected from the number of households that have children aged from 5 to 17 years, identified during households listing in each EB.
Deviations from the Sample Design
No deviation from the sapmling design.
Response Rate
The sample of the 2008-RNCLS initially comprised of 5,510 households. Following some non response cases, the number of households which were interviewed was lower than had been anticipated in the sample. Non-response cases were due to many reasons including the lack of household location, the change of location of a household, the absence of household 13 members for interview, etc. In total 5,085 households were visited and interviewed during the 2008-RNCLS, representing a response rate of 92.3%.
Weighting
The weighting of the household is given by the inverse of the probability to select such household (probability products obtained at each sampling stage). Given that all the survey data were entered into computer, it was very easy to relate to a household a corresponding weighting.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2008-06-06 2008-07-09
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
In total, 90 people, among them 46 females and 44 males were recruited to collect data as part of the National Child Labour Survey in Rwanda. The recruitment was followed by the training of enumerators, which took place from 21st to 25th January 2008. The purpose of the training was to train field staff on the questionnaire and the methodology to be used once on the field.

The fist exercise consisted in contacting local authorities to whom team leaders and supervisors present survey objectives while requesting them to cooperate in the survey and sensitize the population. It also consisted in identifying EBs and households selected for interviews.
Data Collection Notes
Before conducting the national child labour survey, a pilot survey was conducted from 15th to 18th October 2007.
That pilot survey had the following objectives:
1. To test the consistency of questionnaires for adults and children;
2. To test the understanding of questionnaires by enumerators and interviewees;
3. To assess the time needed to fill each type of questionnaire;
4. To verify the field utilisation of the instructions given in the manual of enumerators;
5. To test the overall tool put in place for field data collection and data entry.

After a training of 6 days designed to provide introduction to interview techniques for enumerators, a technical team of fifteen people from different partner institutions were deployed to conduct field data collection.From 16th to 20th December 2007, a technical meeting of the pilot survey team was held to harmonise the questionnaire and finalise the different survey tools.
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda NISR Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The questionnaire comprises of three main parts. The first part covers all household members and allows to collect general information on their socio-demographic characteristics, their economic activities and on perceptions of parents or guardians of children about child labour.

While the second part is about household characteristics and allow to collect information on housing and accommodation.

The third part focuses only on children and provides information on their education and their working status. It also provides information on the health and welfare of children in employment as well as their safety in the workplace. The questionnaire is appended to this report.

Data Processing

Data Editing
The coding of the 2008-RNCLS questionnaires was carried out from 23rd to 29th, July 2008. Previously, a cross checking of filled questionnaires was done from the first filled questionnaires received and was pursued during the coding.
Other Processing
Data entry was carried out using CSPro software, which is a computer program developed by the United States Census Bureau and the Macro International MEASURE DHS and Serpro S.A. Data entry and verification of the internal consistency of answers were completed on 8th September 2008.

Data Appraisal

Data Appraisal
A series of data quality tables and graphs are available to review the quality of the data and include the following:
- NUMBER OF ENUMERATION BLOCS AND HOUSEHOLDS SELECTED BY PROVINCE........................................................................................................................................................................11
- DISTRIBUTION OF SURVEYED POPULATION BY SEX AND AGE GROUP. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................14
- DISTRIBUTION OF SURVEYED POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS OLD BY SEX AND AGE. ....................................................................................................................................................................16
- DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS (IN %) BY PROVINCE ACCORDING TO HOUSEHOLD SIZE ........ ...................................................................................................................................................17
- DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BY ECONOMIC SECTORS OF HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD..................................................................................................................................................................18
- DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BY PROVINCES ACCORDING TO WELFARE QUINTILE....................................................................................................................................................................19
- DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN AGED 5 - 17 YEARS BY STATUS OF ACTIVITY...........................................................................................................................................................................................22
- ACTIVITY STATUS OF CHILDREN AGED 5 - 17 YEARS BY SEX AND PROVINCE ...................................................................................................................................................................................23
- NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN AGED 7 - 17 YEARS ATTENDING SCHOOL ...................................................................................................................................................................25
- PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN INVOLVED IN HOUSEHOLD CHORES BY AGE, SEX AND PROVINCE ................................................................................................................................................25
- AVERAGE NUMBER OF WORKING HOURS IN HOUSEHOLD CHORES FOR CHILDREN AGED 7-17 YEARS BY SEX, AGE GROUP AND SSHOOL ATTENDANCE...................................29
- NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN IN EMPLOYMENT AGED 5-17 YEARS BY SECTORS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND PROVINCE ……...................................................... 30
- DISTRIBUTION (IN %) OF CHILDREN IN EMPLOYMENT BY SECTORS OF ACTIVITY AND SEX ............................................................................................................................................................30
- NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN IN EMPLOYMENT AGED 5-17 YEARS BY STATUS IN EMPLOYMENT....................................................................................................................31
- HOURS WORKED PER WEEK BY CHILDREN IN EMPLOYMENT BY STATUS OF ACTIVITY, SEX, AGE GROUP AND PROVINCE ...............................................................................................30
- NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILD LABOURERS AGED 5-17 YEARS BY SEX, AGE GROUP AND PROVINCE .....................................................................................................................34
- NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN AGED 5-17 YEARS CARRYING OUT HAZARDOUS WORK BY SEX, AGE GROUP AND PROVINCE ................................................................36
- NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILD LABOURERS AGED 5-17 YEARS BY BRANCHES OF ACTIVITIES, AGE GROUP, AND SEX......................................................................................38
- NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN AGED 5-17 YEARS INVOLVED IN HAZARDOUS WORK BY BRANCH OF ACTIVITIES, AGE GROUP, AND SEX..........................................40
- NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILD LABOURERS BY STATUS IN EMPLOYMENT............................................................................................................................................................................42
- WORKPLACE OF CHILD LABOURERS BY SEX AND AGE GROUP ................................................................................................................................................................................................................44
- WORKING TIME OF CHILD LABOURERS BY SEX, AGE GROUP, AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE............................................................................................................................................................46
- AVERAGE WEEKLY WORKING HOURS OF CHILD LABOURERS BY BRANCH OF ACTIVITY, PROVINCE, SEX AND AGE GROUP ...........................................................................................47
- SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OF CHILD LABOURERS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CHILDREN BY SEX, AGE AND PROVINCE. ..................................................................................................... 49
- AVERAGE WEEKLY WORKING HOURS AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OF CHILD LABOURERS BY SEX AND AGE. ..................................................................................................................... 51
- SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATE OF CHILD LABOURERS INVOLVED IN HOUSEHOLD............................................................................................................................................................................. 52
- MAIN REASONS CITED FOR LOW SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN CHILD LABOURERS. ............................................................................................................................................................................. 54
- PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN AGED 5 - 17 YEARS WHO SUFFERED FROM SICKNESS OR INJURY BY ACTIVITIES STATUS .................................................................................................. 55
- DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLD SIZE BY CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES AND PROVINCE ... .......................................................................................................................................................................56
- DISTRIBUTION (IN %) OF CHILDREN BY ACTIVITIES, HOUSEHOLD LIVING CONDITIONS AND PROVINCE................................................................................................................................... 57
- DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN (IN %) BY ACTIVITIES, PRESENCE OF ONE BIOLOGICAL PARENT IN HOUSEHOLD AND PROVINCE...................................................................................... 57
- DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN (IN %) BY ACTIVITIES, SEX OF THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD AND PROVINCE............................................................................................................................... 58
- DISTRIBUTION (IN %) OF CHILDREN BY ACTIVITIES, MARITAL STATUS OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD AND PROVINCE.............................................................................................................. 59
- DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN (IN %) BY ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITIES OF HEAD OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD AND PROVINCE…………..........................................................................................61
- DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION BY PROVINCE OF RESIDENCE.......................................................................................................................................................................................................15
- DISTRIBUTION OF SURVEYED HOUSEHOLDS BY HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD GENDER ..................................................................................................................................................................17
- DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BY WELFARE QUINTILES AND SEX OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD..................................................................................................................................................20
- TRENDS IN CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES BY AGE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
- NUMBER OF CHILDREN WEEKLY WORKING HOURS BY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE STATUS ...............................................................................................................................................................26
- TRENDS IN RATES OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD CHORES ...............................................................................................................................................................28
- HOUSEHOLD CHORES CARRIED OUT BY CHILDREN BY SEX ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
- CHILDREN’S SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BY ECONOMIC BRANCHES OF ACTIVITIES..................................................................................................................................................................................50

Access policy

Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning info@statistics.gov.rw www.statistics.gov.rw
Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
The General Director National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda info@statistics.gov.rw www.statistics.gov.rw
Access conditions
The data provided by the survey will be useful not only for national and international stakeholders directly engaged in the fight against child labour but also for public administration, private sector, civil society, researchers and other experts and institutions interested in the issue.
Citation requirements
"National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Rwanda National Child Labour Survey 2008 (CLS 2008), v01, provided by the National Data Archive. http://microdata.statistics.gov.rw/index.php/catalog"

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
ILO and NISR shall not be liable in any way for any inaccuracy, error or omission, or any consequence inherent in the use of the 2008-RNCLS data.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_RWA_2008_CLS_v01_M
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
National Institute of Statistic of Rwanda NISR Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning Documentation of the DDI
Accelerated Data Program ADP International Household Survey Network Review of the metadata
Date of Metadata Production
2012-05-10
DDI Document version
Version 02 (October 2013). Edited version based on Version 01 (2012) DDI (RWA-NISR-RNCLS-2008-v01) that was done by National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda and reviewed by Accelerated Data Program, International Household Survey Network.
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