Do economic stresses influence child work hours on family farms?
Do economic stresses influence child work hours on family farms?
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DOI：
10.1300/j096v10n02_06
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Jenkins, Paul
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作者：
Gadomski, Anne;de Long, Rachel;Jenkins, Paul
背景技术背景：经济压力是一个经常被引用的原因，儿童做farm-work.Objective：探讨经济指标和儿童农业工作时间之间的关系，2001年1月至2003年10月。方法：这个生态研究设计比较的趋势，总的儿童工作时间与国家和地区的经济指标。儿童工作时间是从一个随机田间试验的儿童农业任务指南的季度监测数据。在纽约中部845个农场生活或工作的2,360名儿童参加了最初的研究。使用时间序列图、相关性和多元线性回归分析了儿童工作时间与三个经济指标的关系：全国所有农场指数（AFI）比率、全国燃料指数和地区牛奶价格。AFI比率与儿童工作时间呈正相关（r = 0.49，p = 0.008），但儿童工作时间与燃料或牛奶价格之间没有显著相关性。多元线性回归表明，AFI和儿童工作时间之间的关系是独立的季节性effect.CONCLUSIONS：增加儿童工作时间可能与较高的农业部门的生产力，而不是经济压力本身的时期。调查结果是有限的生态研究设计，使用国民经济指标，以及有限的时间序列分析的儿童工作时间周期。经济条件可能影响儿童从事农活的决定。
BACKGROUND: Economic stresses are a frequently cited reason for children doing farm work.OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between economic indicators and child agricultural work hours between January 2001 and October 2003.METHODS: This ecologic study design compares trends in aggregate child work hours with national and regional economic indicators. Child work hours were obtained from quarterly surveillance data from a randomized field trial of agricultural task guidelines for children. 2,360 children living or working on 845 farms in central New York participated in the original study. The relationship between child work hours and three economic indicators: national all farm index (AFI) ratio, national fuel index, and regional milk prices was analyzed using times series plots, correlation, and multiple linear regression.RESULTS: The AFI ratio was positively correlated with child work hours (r = 0.49, p = 0.008) but there was no significant correlation between child work hours and fuel or milk prices. Multiple linear regression demonstrated that the relationship between AFI and child work hours is independent of a seasonal effect.CONCLUSIONS: Increased child work hours may be associated with periods of higher farm sector productivity, rather than economic stress per se. Findings are limited by the ecologic study design, use of national economic indicators, and the limited number of cycles of child work hours available for time series analysis. Economic conditions may influence decisions about children's farm work.