Trabajo infantil y calidad de vida de niñas, niños y adolescentes

Abstract

Child labor has always been present in the work of children and adolescents and it is nothing new today, much less in ecuadorian society, without leaving aside those advanced societies that have successfully fought and eradicated child labor, since They have understood that the rights of children are co-responsible for human dignity. For this, the work has the purpose of determining the incidence of child labor in the quality of life of the children and adolescents of the ETI Project, for the development of this investigative work, the materials that were used were concentrated in the evaluation of the two variables study, in which two validated instruments were applied to measure child labor and quality of life, the questionnaires were adapted according to the need and requirements that this research needs to achieve the objectives set, likewise it was validated by experts These instruments were applied to a sample of 60 children and adolescents. Given this, it was known that the damage caused by child labor can have long-term physical or mental effects. Children's physical and mental development is affected by child labour; many of these children do not go to school; in some cases, child labor keeps children away from their families; exposes them to dangers and deadly diseases; and leaves many of them without proper nutrition or care.