Jordan National Child Labour Survey,NCLS 2016 - Jordan

Abstract --------------------------- Jordan National Child Labour Survey (NCLS) 2016 The primary objective of the project and the NCLS 2016 is to provide an updated and comprehensive database on child labour in Jordan to support the creation of an enabling environment in which to combat child labour, by building on achievements already made in the country and to continue complementing other initiatives of the Government of Jordan and Civil Society aimed at reducing student drop-out from basic education, improving working conditions for youth, and progressively eliminating child labour. The findings of the Jordan NCLS 2016 should also facilitate the process of informed and targeted policy-making by the Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Social Development in order to combat the underlying factors leading to child labour. The Jordan NCLS 2016 was implemented with a final sample size of 20,002 households selected randomly in a 2-stage sampling process across the entire country. It was designed to generate estimates disaggregated by the 12 governorates and the Zaatari Refugee Camp with breakdown by sex, children 5-17 years by major groups, rural or urban residence, and nationality as Jordanian, Syrian or other nationalities. Geographic coverage --------------------------- In the Jordan National Child Labour Survey (NCLS) 2016; families of all nationalities residing in Jordan were included in the survey. In addition, a sample of the Syrian refugees living in refugee camps was also included in the survey. Although the survey has included all nationalities, it was nevertheless not possible to include them as a separate category in the analysis because of the small number of non-Arab nationalities. The target sample included families with children aged 5-17 years, and excluded families without children in that age group. Analysis unit --------------------------- 1- Households. 2- Child aged (5-17) years. Universe --------------------------- The survey covered a national sample of households and selected children aged (5-17) years Kind of data --------------------------- Sample survey data [ssd] Sampling procedure --------------------------- Jordan National Child Labour Survey 2016 Survey design and implementation ===================== The sample used in this survey is a Multistage Stratified Cluster sample method of two phases: Phase One: sampling the primary sample units (PSU) Phase Two: Sampling the targeted household from each of the PSU First stage: Selection of the enumeration areas according to probability in proportion to size (where the total number of private families was considered as the weighting factor for that area). Second stage: Selection of the household sample for each selected area. Survey sample ========= The sample size for this study included 1,667 blocks (PSU), covering 20,000 families. The final sample size was 20,002 families, comprising 122,446 members in total. The original population was divided into 32 strata according to the following criteria: Large cities: Those with a total population of over 100,000 according to the 2004 census (there were six cities): (i) remaining urban areas (12 strata) (ii) rural areas (12 strata) (iii) Syrian refugees camps (6 strata) Regarding Palestinian refugees camps, they have been covered within the urban sample in the provinces. An independent sample of some of the camps was taken to ensure that the sample size was sufficient for extraction of results at high accuracy in those camps. Mode of data collection --------------------------- Face-to-face [f2f] Research instrument --------------------------- Questionnaire design ============= In order to arrive at a comprehensive conclusion on child labour in Jordan, a special questionnaire was designed to be applied to the Jordanian context, the questionnaire being compiled from the merged form (parents-and-child questionnaire), which contains the families' characteristics, and the second section containing the details of child labour including hazardous work and household chores. The advantage of this model is that it gives all details of the families and their members in terms of education and employment, plus all details relating to the work of children and the quality of the business and activities in which they take part, the place and times of work, and the exposure to risks at work. There is also a special section on domestic work. The questionnaire consists of seven main sections, namely: - Family and household characteristics - Characteristics for all family members aged 5 years and over - Educational status of all family members aged 5 years and over - Work or economic status for all family members aged 5 years and over - Safety and health standards of workers aged 5-17 years - Risks related to working children aged 5-17 years - Household chores for children aged 5-17 years Cleaning operations --------------------------- Before data processing took place, the programmer programmed the questionnaire on the smart tablets using CSpro 6.2 (Android base tablets), and thus the questionnaire was completed electronically rather than using paper questionnaires. Quality checks and skips could be done automatically for each questionnaire completed in the field. This guaranteed higher-quality data and quick data transfer from tablets to the main server. The processing steps and coding started after all data were collected and more checks and tests had been done on the collected data. Data were transferred from tablets on a daily basis and extra copies of the data were stored in a safe drive in case of damage or loss. After completing the data collection, all data were merged into one SPSS file for quality check, coding and data analysis. Response rate --------------------------- The sample size comprised 20,002 families, which is large enough to give a good estimate both at the urban/rural level and the level of the provincial and regional breakdown. It should be taken into consideration that houses that were not eligible, that refused to take part, or that were empty, were replaced in order to ensure that the sample target (20,002 families) would be maintained, since the team visited 21,978 families.