Child Equity Atlas - BIDS

Situation in Urban Areas: The Case of Dhaka City Corporation
6.3 Female Teenage (15-19 years) Marriage
6.3.1 As observed earlier in chapter two, the
prevalence of female teenage marriage is inversely
related to the levels of female educational
outcome, an observation that is equally true in the
DCC (Figure 6.1). Women had better educational
outcomes if marriage is delayed till after the female
teenage years. Female teenage marriage showed
less significant differences among the wards in the
DCC. As observed in chapter two, female education
has improved in the DCC over generations (Figure
6.2). Young females have relatively higher level of
education than older generations.
Figure 6.1: Educational attainment by married
and unmarried young women (15-24 years) (%)
in Dhaka City Corporation , Bangladesh 2011
% of female (15-24 yrs.)
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
17.4 19. 3
Never to
school &
primary
incompletee
Unmarried
22.6
16.5
Primary
completed
Married
22.9
19.2
Secondary
incomplete
46.9
35.3
Secondary
completed
& more
can identify the precincts where this deprivation
occurs and take action to tackle the problem.
The overall proportion of real child workers (10-
14 years old) in DCC was fairly higher (17.4 per
cent) than the national level (6 per cent) reported
earlier in chapter four. Similar higher rates of real
child workers can be seen for boys (18.1 per cent)
and girls (16.6 per cent) in the DCC area (Figure
6.3). However, wide variations were noted, in the
proportion of real child workers, between different
wards of the DCC, ranging from 8.3 per cent in
Ward 61 of Lalbagh Thana to 43.8 per cent in Ward
71 of Bangshal and Kotwali thanas (Table 6.7). As
presented in Figure 6.4, over 16 per cent of wards
have a high proportion (more than 23 per cent ) of
real child workers, 52 per cent had medium (15-23
per cent ) and 5.4 per cent had the highest (over 30
per cent) prevalence of real child workers. The Map
also shows that child workers were concentrated
mainly in the old city and also in some parts
of Gulshan, Dhanmondi, Tejgaon, Ramna and
Motijheel areas. Ward-wise distribution of real
child workers in the DCC is presented in Map 6.6.
Figure 6.3: Proportion of real child workers
among boys and girls in Dhaka City
Corporation, Bangladesh 2011
Figure 6.2: Educational attainment of female
aged 15-24 and 40-49 years (%) in Dhaka City
Corporation, Bangladesh 2011
% of female
60.0
40.0
20.0
female aged 15-24 years
18.5
36.2
19.3
15.8
female aged 40-49 years
20.6
12.7
41. 7
35.3
% of real child worker
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
18.1
16.6
17.4
Boys Girls Total
0.0
Never to
school &
primary
incompletee
Primary
completed
Level of
Secondary
incomplete
on
Secondary
completed &
more
Figure 6.4: The extent of real child workers
in Dhaka City Corporation by proportion of
wards, Bangladesh 2011
6.4 Real Child Worker and the Areas of
Employment
6.4.1 In chapter four, the situation of the child
worker in Bangladesh has been extensively
discussed. However, the situation of child workers
in Dhaka City Corporation reveals interesting
results at the ward level, so that policy makers
% of wards
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
52.2
31.5
10.9
5.4
Low: 30
Percentage of real child worker
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