Exploring The Perspectives of Child Labour Victims on The Sociocultural Determinants of Child Labour: A Case of Yeji on Lake Volta

• Main Authors: Dominic, Garibah Mensah, Dolly, Paul Carlo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) 2024
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HM Sociology; HT Communities. Classes. Races; HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45031/4/Exploring%20The%20Perspectives.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45031/; https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/articles/exploring-the-perspectives-of-child-labour-victims-on-the-sociocultural-determinants-of-child-labour-a-case-of-yeji-on-lake-volta/; https://dx.doi.org/10.47772/IJRISS.2024.805152

Child labour is a growing phenomenon on Lake Volta, Yeji in Ghana. However, knowledge about the key sociocultural factors that sustain child labour has been given less attention. This study has addressed this issue by employing a qualitative case study design to collect textual data from research participants through purposive and snowball sampling techniques and conducted Focus Grouped Discussion with selected stakeholders and personal interviews with 10 children who work as child labourers on Lake Volta in Yeji. Based on the thematic analysis, peer pressure, debt settlement, parental education and incapacitation and disability of the breadwinner were the key sociocultural factors sustaining child labour. The finding is potential contributes to both the appraisal theory and the growing empirical literature on child labour in the fishing industry as well as provide immense benefits to policymakers and other stakeholders to reduce child labour in the fishing sector in Ghana and beyond.