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Table of Contents
Topics...................................................................................
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Acknowledgement............................................................4
Executive Summary..........................................................5
Observation......................................................................7
Broad problem area……………………………………………………………
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Preliminary Data Collection..............................................7
Introduction of Toyota and Honda…………………………………………
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Toyotas philosophy and guidelines…………………………………………
…..9-10
Introduction to Honda…………………………………………………………
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Literature Survey..............................................................14-16
Research Article 1 & Summary………………..……………………………
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Research Article 2 & Summary...……………………………………………
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Research Article 3 & Summary...……………………………………………
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Research Article 4 & Summary………………………………………………
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Research Article 5 & Summary………………………………………………
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Problem Definition.............................................................17
Theoretical Framework.....................................................18-19
Identification of variables……………………………………………………
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Schematic diagram……………………………………………………………
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Development of Hypothesis.............................................20
Research Design...............................................................21
Detail of study…………………………………………………………………
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Sample Questionnaire .....................................................22-23
Analysis and interpretation to Questionnaire...................24-45
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all we would like to thank the “ALMIGHTY ALLAH” for granting us the courage
to accomplish this report, and special thanks to Ms Farah Asim and resou rces
knowledge .
The process f o r working on this report was very interesting. We gathered useful and
important information about the causes of the child labor. We are also thankful to
those who provide us their precious time and filling questioner forms and thus help
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The project is about a very controversial issue child labor. The report
talks about world-wide problem of child labor and how different
countries are exploiting children by making them work for longer
hours and gaining benefit more out of it.
Child labor is a multi-dimensional issue and the organizations
involved in condemning it have their own perspectives, objectives and
interests. With no intentions of demystifying this complex, one would
focus on the difference between child labor and child work, and
possible consequences of deliberate or unapprised exercise of the two
terms interchangeably. Child labor reflects the violation of child rights
leading to exploitation and deprivations of all kinds. Child work
reflects social inequity and insecurity, dearth of social safety networks,
magnitude of poverty, paucity of opportunities for health and
education, and financial independence. The report also states the
reasons behind child labor like a very common reason is poverty and
lack of education. It further talks about different ways to stop this
problem. In the end the report is concluded that child labor is a curse
and it should be finished from its root to make this world a happy
place to live.
OBSERVATION
In Pakistan we observed that from long span of time the percentage of child labor
increases a lot. Above 40% of child labor working in manufacturing sectors.
Children’s do work because to support their families which are living under the
dominance of poverty. Many NGO’S are fighting against child labor but still child
labor exist in Pakistan. As for as technology increase child labor also increases
throughout the world. The constitutional act against child labor is In-efficient that is
not completely implemented by Government. And also lack of resources, literacy
rate, poverty, inflation and unemployment are major causes of child labor.
Child labour is common in some parts of the world, and can be factory
work, mining, prostitution, quarrying, agriculture, helping in the parents'
business, having one's own small business (for example selling food), or
doing odd jobs. Some children work as guides for tourists, sometimes
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combined with bringing in business for shops and restaurants (where they may also work as waiters).
Other children are forced to do tedious and repetitive jobs such as: assembling boxes, polishing shoes,
stocking a store's products, or cleaning. However, rather than in factories and sweatshops, most child
labour occurs in the informal sector, "selling many things on the streets, at work in agriculture or hidden
away in houses — far from the reach of official labour inspectors and from media scrutiny." And all the
work that they did was done in all types of weather; and was also done for minimal pay.
According to UNICEF, there is an estimated 250 million children aged 5 to 14 in child labour worldwide,
excluding child domestic labour. The most widely rejected forms of child labour include the military use
of children as well as child prostitution.
LITERATURE SURVEY
ARTICLE 1
Write up :
By: Amin Ahmed
July 14, 2008 Monday
Pakistan still lacks an adequate national system of child labour statistics which could provide reliable
quantitative information on the number of working children.
The statistical programme should also provide baseline information on the reference child population
engaged in what Convention No. 138 terms ‘work or employment’, of which child labour is a subset.
Information of child labour in the so- called ‘unconditional worst forms’ is an especially important and
challenging component of a national statistical programme on child labour.
Child labour is widely recognized as a major hindrance to achieve the Education For All (EFA) goals.
Incidence of children’s work also declined during that period. The ILO’s most recent global report on
child labour emphasized the important contribution that action against child labour can make to the
Education For All process. Children living in rural areas attend school less than their urban
counterparts regardless of their working status.
Child labour not only represents a severe obstacle to school attendance, it also interferes with the
educational performance of children who combine school and work.
Street children, child beggars, child porters, child rag- pickers, child scavengers and child domestic
workers are the worst forms of child labour and require government’s plan of action to curb them.
ARTICLE 2
Write up :
By: MUHAMMAD ALY BALAGAMWALA
Millions of children in developing countries (and even in developed countries) are forced
to work in order to support their families. Reliable child labour statistics are scant due to
the reluctance of many governments to acknowledge the problem. The International
Labor Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
estimate the total number of child workers to be between 200 and 250 million, 95 percent
of which are in developing countries.
What exactly is ‘Child Labour’? Child Labour is the natural outcome of extenuating
circumstances, which evolved when the compelling forces of abject poverty, burgeoning
population, and non-existent facilities of health, education and welfare, exploited the
deprived and disadvantaged populace."
Many organizations and governments round the world actively campaign for the
abolishment of Child Labour. The fate of children banned from Bangladesh’s garment
industry four years ago is a case in point. Deprived of much needed income, most of the
children were forced to take on harmful, less well-paid work, including prostitution."
Not surprisingly most children work to support their families. A child labourer’s mother
says, "No parent wants to see their child work; it is because of economic pressure and
poor standards of education." For most children, this work is just a form of
apprenticeship. Child Labour as long as it is voluntary and the working conditions are
good is not bad. Even the child labourers themselves agree.
ARTICLE 3
Write up :
By: Ali Arif
Feb: 27, Tuesday, 2007
The place called Munda Khana or child prostitutes’ den housed such 10 to 15 child sex workers who had
to sleep with their customers. The master of the den namely Dushman would charge Rs50 from each
customer and give Rs25 to the child as wages.
After a week, another Munda Khana adopted Yasir. “Every child sex worker has to retire from the
occupation after attaining puberty,” says Yasir, now 16-year-old who begs and sleeps on roads.
Presently, over 50 child sex houses are functioning in the city where nearly 500 children are at service.
Child abuse at a commercial level is not only done in DG Khan but in other nearby towns like Taunsa and
Kotaddu.
Multan District Police Officer Munir Chishti said sodomy was very rare in his district. Multan District
Coordination Officer Mukhtar Babar admitted that child abuse had reached an alarming level in southern
districts, adding that the Punjab government was also paying attention to the problem.
Dera Social Welfare District Officer Ghulam Abbas Dasti said a children’s home was being set up and
another centre sheltering children, Nigehbaan, would set up at a cost of Rs198 million.
ARTICLE 4
Write up :
By: John Mollica
October 2008
Through this description, Mcdougall uncovers the distinct reality that is child slave labor by exposing the
personal story of Amitosh, a child slave working at a Gap Kids factory located in New Delhi, India.
Despite Gap’s efforts in 2004 to abolish all child slave labor producing factories making clothing for their
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various chains, abusive subcontractors who continue to try and lower their cost of production to meet the
strong demands for cheap clothing from the west still use cheap child slave labor. “ The International
Labour Organization, part of the UN, estimates 284,000 child laborers work on cocoa farms [in the Ivory
Coast]... Americans have already responded negatively after learning of the prominent child labor force in
the cocoa farming industry. Various lawsuits have been filed against chocolate companies that import their
cocoa from the Ivory Coast such as Nestlé. With a workforce of about 284,000 child slaves, many of
which were tricked into working on these cocoa farms, the pro-active lawsuits against such companies
were much needed. there. Although the demand of cheap labor in China is a major stimulus to their
economy, the Chinese government has taken action towards breaking up labor rings which mainly utilize
the work of forced child slave labor. In “The New York Times,” David Barboza reports the efforts of the
Chinese government in breaking up “a child labor ring that forced children from poor, inland areas to
work in booming coastal cities, acknowledging that severe labor abuses extended into the heart of its
export economy” (Barboza).
(Barboza) The cruel and unjust reality of child slave labor can be seen in various industries which are
producers of goods that are sold in stores across the United States including the clothing industry, the
cocoa harvesting agricultural industry as well as the toy manufacturing industry. Although many steps
have already been taken to not only improve the working conditions and labor laws for children in these
industries, but also to rescue abducted children who were forced into labor; much more still needs to be
done in order to ensure that every product sold by companies in the United States is not produced by the
hands of an innocent child slave laborer.
ARTICLE 5
Write up :
By: Amin Ahmed
June 12, 2007 Tuesday
As the World Day against Child Labour on Tuesday focuses on the elimination of child labour in
agriculture, the volume of child labour in Pakistan continues to rise; whereas globally some 70 per cent of
child labour is found in agriculture; many of them engaged in forced and hazardous activities.
Male child labourers outnumbered female child labourers in both urban and rural areas, while the
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contribution of rural areas in child labour was about eight times higher than that of urban areas. Among
male employed children elementary (unskilled) occupations were the most prevalent.
Craft and related trade activities are ranked second and absorb about 19 per cent of male working
children. Male child labour is more educated than female.
References:
www.goarticles.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.google.com
www.dawnnews.com
PROBLEM DEFINITION
The fight against child labor is a real challenge for many of the States. It is worth taking up
the challenge; what is at stake is the future of young people and hence of society itself.
This fight is also a challenge for the world. We should all strive to solve this problem to
make this world a better place to live.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
IDENTIFICATION OF VARABLES
A variable is any thing that can on differing or varying values. Following are the
types of variable that we identified in our research:
1. Dependent variable
2. Independent variable
3. Moderating variable
4. Intervening variable
DEPENDENT VARIABLE:
Dependent variable is the variable of primary interest to the researcher. In other
words it is the main variable that lends itself for investigation as a viable factor. In
this research report dependent variable is “CHILD LABOR ENFORCED BY
ECONOMY”. It is due to because our whole research is moving on the basis of this
variable.
So dependent variable is:
• “child labor enforced by economy”
INDEPENDDENT VARIABLE:
An independent variable is one that influences the dependent variable in either a
positive or negative way. With each unit of increase in independent variable, there is
MODERATING VARIABLE:
Moderating variable is one that has a strong contingent effect on the independent
variable-dependent variable relationship. “cost of child labor” is the moderating
variable in our research. It is due to because it is low cost incurred on child labor
and get huge work from them.
INTERVENING VARIABLE:
Intervening variable is
• Profitability
THEORATICAL FRAMEWORK
The theoretical framework is the foundation on which the entire research project is
based. It is a logically developed, described and elaborated network of association
among the variable deemed relevant to the problem situation.
Few basic features of the theoretical framework have been discussed now:
1. Identification and labeling of variables:
Unemployment
2. How two or more variables are related to one another? This relationship is
directly proportional, that child labor enforced by economy of country, cost
incurred on child laborer is directly related.
3. Schematic diagram are as follows:
Poverty
Unemployment
Profitability
Cost of
child labor
DEVELOPMENT OF HYPOTHESES
A hypothesis is a logically conjectured relationship between two or more variables
expressed in the form of testable statement. Relationships are conjectured on the
basis of the network o associations established in the theoretical framework
formulated for the research study.
NULL HYPOTHESIS:
“child labor enforced by the economy” is our null hypothesis.
ALTERNATE HYPOTHESIS:
“child labor is not enforced by the economy” is our alternate hypothesis.
LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE:
“0.05” is our level of significance
CALCULATION:
α SCORE IS:
Value of α from Chi Square table is “3.841”.
CURVE:
3.841
RESULT:
Since our calculated value lies inside of critical region therefore we reject alternate
hypothesis and accept null hypothesis.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Research design is a step by step process. It provides the basis for testimony. The need
of the research itself determines the methodology and the design of the research.
TYPES OF INVESTIGATION:
Our type of investigation is “correlational” because we find the important
variables or factors that contribute their part in percentage increase in labor child.
STUDY SETTING:
Nature of our research is of “non contrived” because we do our research in
natural environment and not in Artificial environment that is not in labs.
UNIT OF ANALYSIS:
In our research unit of analysis is “population” because in this research,
questioner are filled by everyone who is the part of society.
TIME HORIZON:
Our study is “one-shot” or “cross-sectional studies” because in this research
data are gathered just once in order to answer research questions.
QUESTIONNAIRE ANALYSIS
SAMPLE QUESTIONERE
Child Labor
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Questionnaire
This questionnaire is to help our survey on Child labor and your time would be really appreciated. We
assure you that your identity will remain confidential.
Honesty is the best policy.
Q2: Which social evil are children most vulnerable to in child labor?
Drugs Sexual abuse Violence/Crime
Various diseases such as HIV/AIDS
If other, please specify__________________
Q3: How many NGOs do you know in Pakistan who are fighting child labor?
1-5 5-10 More than 10 None
Q4: If child labor is completely abolished in developing countries then the economy of
such countries will
Rise Fall Not be affected
Q6: Is there any existing act in Pakistan’s constitution which protects child labor?
Yes and efficient Yes and in-efficient
No but would be efficient if existed No and would be in-efficient if existed
Q8: How many children are involved in child labor throughout the world?
250 million 500 million
600 million 1000 million
Q9: With the development in science and technology what do you think is the change in
growth of child labor?
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Q10: Should child labor be supported in third world countries like Pakistan?
Yes No To some extent
Q12: In which province of Pakistan does child labor exist the most?
Sind Punjab Baluchistan N.W.F.P
Q13: Say a child labor act is being made. In your opinion what should be the minimum age
for a child to start working?
8 10 12 14
I don’t support child labor at all
Q15: why does child labor still exist in the Pakistan after all the laws and reforms?
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QUESTION NO 1
Are you in support of child labor?
NO OF
Respondent
YES
NO
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GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“Our 73 respondents are those who use 1 to 2 vehicles, 18 respondents are those
who use 3 to 4 vehicles, whereas, 9 respondents use more then 4 vehicles”.
QUESTION NO 2
For how many years you use vehicles?
TABLE
No of years
1-2 10
3-4 20
5-6 25
More then 6 45
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“Questioners are filled by persons having different experiences of driving cars. 45
people which is largest portion of audience drive car from more then 6 years. While
25 peoples who responds to us are 5 to 6 years of driving experience whereas 20
people lies under the category of 3 to 4 year of experience and 10 people are of 1 to
2 years of driving experience”.
QUESTION NO 3
What do you thing “Toyota is better then Honda” do you agree
or not?
TABLE
DECISION
Yes 59
no 41
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“While answering the question ‘Toyota is better the Honda’, 59% people answered
that yes Toyota is better while remaining i.e. 41% go with Honda”.
QUESTION NO 4
At what point on satisfaction scale you put Toyota?
TABLE
DECESION
Highly dissatisfied 2
Dissatisfied 5
Ok 15
Satisfied 54
Highly satisfied 24
GRAPH
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INTERPRETATION
“While answering their satisfaction about Toyota, 24 are highly satisfied, 54 are
satisfied, 15 are so so.
QUESTION NO 5
At what point on satisfaction scale you put Honda?
TABLE
GRAPH DECESION
Highly dissatisfied 1
Dissatisfied 5
Ok 43
Satisfied 35
Highly Satisfied 16
INTERPRETATION
“While answering about satisfaction of Honda, 16 are highly satisfied whereas 35
are just satisfied with Honda. 43 people put Honda at ok on satisfaction scale.
QUESTION NO 6
How will you rate safety features in Toyota?
TABLE
DECISION
Bad 0
Between bad and neutral 4
Neutral 16
Between neutral and good 62
Good 18
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“While answering about the safety features that Toyota has, 18 people says it is
good, 62 people place safety features in between good and neutral and no one said
that Toyota provide bad safety features”
QUESTION NO 7
How often you face problem while driving Toyota?
TABLE
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DECISION
Always 1
Some times 62
Mostly 10
Never 27
GRAPH
INTERPRATATION
“How often people face problem while driving Toyota. 62% says sometime, 10%
people say that they were mostly face problem and 27% are those who never face
any problem while driving Toyota”.
QUESTION 8
Which gives you good after sell services?
TABLE
DECESION
Toyota 74
Honda 26
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“After sell services are one of the most important features in any car. So, which one
provide a good after sell service either Toyota or Honda. 74 respondents vote in
favor of Toyota while 26 favor Honda”.
QUESTION NO 9
Are you satisfied with comfort level of Toyota?
TABLE
DECESION
Yes 84
No 16
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“Comfort level of Toyota is higher then Honda by 64%. That is 84% vote in favor of
Toyota and 16% in favor of Honda”
QUESTION NO 10
Which social class do you thing can afford Toyota?
TABLE
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“Which social class do you thing afford Toyota? 66 out of 100 people say that middle
class can easily afford it while 34 say upper class. No one vote in favor of lower
class”.
QUESTION NO 11
What features do you thing give Toyota an edge over Honda?
TABLE
FEATURES DECESION
Automatic 9
Luxury 28
Executive look 41
Other 22
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“What’s make Toyota good? 41 respondent’s pools for an Executive look of Toyota,
28 people vote for luxury, 22 vote for some others features (mentioned in their
respective questioners) and in the end 9 people are in favor of its automacy”.
QUESTION NO 12
In your opinion durability of Toyota is?
TABLE
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“According to 63% respondents Toyota have long term durability, 36% says that
durability of Toyota is medium term”.
QUESTION NO 13
Whose design do you like most?
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TABLE
DESIGN DECESION
Toyota 45
Honda 55
GRAPH
INTERPRETTION
“Whose design is best, Toyota or Honda? 55 vote for Honda whereas 45 vote for
Toyota”.
QUESTION NO 14
Do you agree that resalability of Toyota is much more then
Honda?
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TABLE
DECESION
Agree 49
Slightly agree 27
Neutral 16
Slightly disagree 5
Disagree 3
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“49 respondents are agreeing with the fact that Toyota has very good re-salability,
27 are slightly agreed, and 16 are some what place it at neutral on scale”.
QUESTION NO 15
Are you satisfied with warranties that Toyota provide?
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TABLE
DECESION
Agree 39
Slightly agree 29
Neutral 25
Slightly disagree 6
Disagree 1
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“39 respondents agree that they are satisfied with warranties that Toyota provide,
29 are slightly agree, 25 are neutral, 6 are slightly disagree and 1 person
disagreeing with its warranties”.
QUESTION NO 16
Which modal of Toyota you prefer the most?
TABLE
MODALS DECESION
Xli 20
Atlas 21
Saloon 40
other 19
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“Which modal people prefer the most? 40 go for Saloon, 21 votes in favor of Atlas,
20 votes for Xli and 19 are those who prefer some other modals”.
QUESTION NO 17
TABLE
FEATURES DECESION
Safety
Durability
Resistibility
Comfort
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
QUESTION NO 18
Do you thing Toyota is less fuel consuming as compared to
other vehicle?
TABLE
DECESION
Yes 59
No 41
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“Which is fuel consuming, Toyota or Honda? 59% say yes Toyota is less fuel
consuming whereas 41% people says no Toyota is not fuel consuming then Honda”
QUESTION NO 20
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TABLE
DECESION
1 happy 59
2 neutral 33
3 sad 8
GRAPH
INTERPRETATION
“What about the feelings of respondents while filling the questioners? 59% are very
good feelings i.e. they are happy, only 8% have some what not a good feelings and
33 have neutral feelings”.
CONTRIBUTION CHART
INTERPRETATION
“All group members done equal work not only in terms of report making and typing
but also conribute equally in terms of finance”.
C O N C L U S I O N
We test the hypothesis and conclude that people prefer Toyota over
Honda due to several reasons. This conclusion is drawn from the
above facts and figures as well as from the above findings. people
have mostly 1 to 2 cars in their home. They prefer Toyota over
honda and most likely to give an edge to Toyota over honda. There
are several reasons due to which people prefer toyota over honda.
Toyota provide safety to its users, it gives comfort. while driving
toyota, traveller feels and get a healthy environment. Cool feeling
in summer and get hot in winter is a proof of tremendous
environment. Toyota has an executive look. It is durable and
less fuel consuming as compared to Honda. One of the main
reason of why people prefer Toyota over Honda is the re-salability
of Toyota.
R E C O M M E N D A T I O N
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