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Beyond the Walls: Patterns of Child Labour, Forced Labour, and Exploitation in a New Domestic Workers Dataset

Published:2024-05-03 Issue:5 Volume:14 Page:62
ISSN:2075-4698
Container-title:Societies
language:en
Short-container-title:Societies

Author:

Trodd Zoe¹,Waite Catherine²^ORCID,Goulding James³,Boyd Doreen S.⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Rights Lab and School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

2. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK

3. Rights Lab and Business School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

4. Rights Lab and School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

Abstract

The new Domestic Workers Dataset is the largest single set of surveys (n = 11,759) of domestic workers to date. Our analysis of this dataset reveals features about the lives and work of this “hard-to-find” population in India—a country estimated to have the largest number of people living in forms of contemporary slavery (11 million). The data allow us to identify child labour, indicators of forced labour, and patterns of exploitation—including labour paid below the minimum wage—using bivariate analysis, factor analysis, and spatial analysis. The dataset also helps to advance our understanding of how to measure labour exploitation and modern slavery by showing the value of “found data” and participatory and citizen science approaches.

Funder

Arise Foundation

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/14/5/62/pdf

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