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Baseline Survey on Labour Force in Informal Gold/Fluorspar Mining ILO/IPEC Baseline Survey on Child and Adult Workers in Informal Gold and Fluorspar Mining Population Teaching and Research Centre of the Mongolian National University 2006 CONTENTS Page Executive summary vii CHAPTER 1. Introduction 1 Narantulga Baatarjav 1.1 Justification 1 1.2 Survey goals and research issues 1 1.3 Structure of the Report 2 CHAPTER 2. Survey methodology 3 Narantulga Baatarjav 2.1 Quantitative research methods 4 2.1.1 Sampling methods 4 2.1.2 Sample weight and estimation methodology 8 2.1.3 Questionnaires 10 2.1.4 Data collection and processing 10 2.1.5 Limitations of the survey 11 2.2 Qualitative research method 11 CHAPTER 3. Profile of households and persons residing in baghs where informal gold/fluorspar mining is being carried out 12 Narantulga Baatarjav 3.1 Profile of households residing in baghs where informal gold/fluorspar mining is being carried out 12 3.2 Profile of persons residing in baghs where informal gold/fluorspar mining is being carried out 13 CHAPTER 4. Children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 20 Erdenesuvd Buyan-Ulzii 4.1 Profile of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 20 4.1.1 Demographic profile 20 4.1.2 Migration 22 4.1.3 Living conditions and family situation 24 4.1.4 School attendance and literacy 29 4.2 Past and present employment of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 32 4.2.1 Past employment 32 4.2.2 Present employment 34 4.3 Income earned by children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining and its expenditure 42 4.4 Health status and work security issues of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 46 4.4.1 Nutrition of children 46 4.4.2 Health status 47 4.4.3 Labor protection 50 4.5 Leisure time and future aspirations of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining, their habits 53 4.5.1 Bad habits 53 4.5.2 Knowledge, attitudes, leisure time and future aspirations 53 CHAPTER 5. Parents of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 58 Navch Tumurtolgoi 5.1 Profile of households 58 5.2 Living conditions of households 61 5.3 Migration 62 5.4 Household income and livelihood 64 5.5 Parents’ views on children’s employment 69 i CHAPTER 6. Employers of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 75 Munkhjargal Battsengel 6.1 Profile of employers 76 6.2 Attitudes of employers towards child employment and working conditions 79 6.2.1 Situation determining child employment 79 6.2.2 Valuation of child labor 82 6.2.3 Attitudes towards working conditions and social security of children 84 6.3 Views and knowledge of employers on child labor 86 CHAPTER 7. Adults engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 89 Solongo Algaa 7.1 Profile of adults 89 7.2 Informal gold/fluorspar mining and migration 90 7.3 Living environment of adults engaged in gold/fluorspar mining 93 7.4 Work organization 95 7.5 Working condition and labor protection 97 7.6 Some health issues 100 7.7 Conflicts among persons 101 7.8 Changes in income and livelihood level 102 7.9 Views of adults on working children 103 7.10 Future trends for informal gold/fluorspar miners 104 POLICY RECOMMENDATION 106 APPENDIXES 108 1 List of participants 108 2 Household listing questionnaire 109 3 Questionnaire for children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 110 4 Questionnaire for parents of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 124 5 Questionnaire for employers of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 132 6 Questionnaire for adults engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining 137 LIST OF THE TABLES Table 2.1 Soums with informal gold/fluorspar mining by stratums 5 Table 2.2 Number of selected soums at the first stage by stratums 6 Table 2.3 List of selected soums at the first stage 7 Table 2.4 Number of sample and estimated workers by selected characteristics 9 Table 2.5 Survey coverage 10 Table 3.1 Percentage distribution of households by selected characteristics, according to location of households 12 Table 3.2 Percentage distribution of population by sex, according to aimags 13 Table 3.3 Percentage distribution of population by selected indicators of age structure, according to sex 15 Table 3.4 Percentage distribution of population aged 5 or more by engagement in mining activity, according to age group 16 Table 3.5 Percentage distribution of children aged 6-17 by whether study at school, according to selected characteristics 17 Table 3.6 Percentage distribution of population aged 5 or more by indicators of migration, according to engagement in mining activity 18 Table 4.1 Percentage distribution of working children by age, according to mining type and sex 21 Table 4.2 Percentage distribution of working children by mining type and sex, according to selected aimags 21 Table 4.3 Percent of working children, who participated in migration by in terms of persons they migrated with, according to mining type and age group 23 Table 4.4 Percentage distribution of working children by selected characteristics, according to mining type 25 ii Table 4.5 Percentage distribution of working children, who are living in place of mining by indicators of living conditions, according to mining type 26 Table 4.6 Percentage distribution of children engaged in informal gold mining, whether they have documents by selected characteristics 28 Table 4.7 Percent of illiterate and working children by mining type, according to selected characteristics 29 Table 4.8 Percentage distribution of working children by mining type and school attendance, according to selected characteristics 31 Table 4.9 Percent of working children, who are not attending school by reason for not attending school, according to mining type and whether live with parents 32 Table 4.10 Percent of working children by persons working with them, according to mining type and age 36 Table 4.11 Percentage distribution of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining by mining type, according to kinds of work carried out at mines 37 Table 4.12 Percentage distribution of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining by mining type and whether permanent use, according to type of using equipments 38 Table 4.13 Percentage distribution of working children by mining type and whether constant exposure, according to type of working condition 38 Table 4.14 Percentage distribution of working children by duration of working hours, according to mining type and sex 40 Table 4.15 Percentage distribution of children engaged in informal gold mining, who have double employment by types of work, according to age 41 Table 4.16a Percentage distribution of children engaged in informal gold mining, working for themselves or their families by selected characteristics, according to sex 42 Table 4.16b Percentage distribution of children engaged in informal fluorspar mining, working for themselves or their families by selected characteristics, according to sex 43 Table 4.17 Percentage distribution of working children by selected income characteristics, according to mining type and age 45 Table 4.18 Percentage distribution of working children by mining type and number of hot meals a day, according to selected characteristics 46 Table 4.19 Percentage distribution of working children, who feel ill while working by selected characteristics, according to mining type and sex 49 Table 4.20 Percentage distribution of working children by mining type and extend of use, according to type of using clothes and equipments 50 Table 4.21 Percentage distribution of working children by selected characteristics, according to mining type 51 Table 4.22 Percentage distribution of working children by their awareness and mining type, according selected characteristics 52 Table 4.23 Percentage distribution of working children, who like working by reasons, according to type and sex 55 Table 4.24 Percentage distribution of working children, who dislike working by reasons according to mining type and sex 56 Table 4.25 Percentage distribution of working children by knowledge on legal age to start working, according to mining type and sex 56 Table 5.1 Percentage distribution of household members with children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining by mining type and sex, according to selected characteristics 59 Table 5.2 Percentage distribution of parents covered by the survey, according to demographic characteristics by mining type and sex 60 Table 5.3 Percentage distribution of parents by selected charactersitics, according to mining type and number of children engaged in informal gold/fluorspar mining in household 60 Table 5.4 Percentage distribution of parents, according to indicators of living conditions by mining type 61 Table 5.5 Average number of livestock in households with livestock by mining type, according to kind of livestock 62 Table 5.6 Percentage distribution of parents covered by survey by sufficiency of household income for livelihood and mining type, according to selected characteristics 65 Table 5.7 Percentage distribution of parents covered by survey by sufficiency of food of household members and mining type, according to selected characteristics 67 Table 5.8 Percentage distribution of the parents by evaluation of working environment and working conditions of their children, according to mining type 71 iii Table 5.9 Percentage distribution of the parents by opinion on their children and mining type, according to selected characteristics 73 Table 5.10 Percentage distribution of the parents by evaluation of health risk of children engaged in mining and mining type, according to selected characteristics 74 Table 6.1 Percentage distribution
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