Child Equity Atlas - BIDS

Child Equity Atlas
It is evident from the Maps that areas in the
neighbourhood of Dhaka city, parts of Sylhet
division, and Chittagong Hill Tracts, have higher
concentration of child workers than in other
regions of the country, except for a few other
upazilas (as depicted by dark colours in Map 4.2).
The proportion of real child workers in Dhaka
city, which is significantly higher than the rest
of the country, has been discussed separately in
Chapter six. Among the districts, Dhaka district
has the highest (14.6 per cent) and Jhalokati the
lowest proportion of child workers (2.2 per cent).
Table 4.1: Proportion of real child worker
(10-14 years): Best and worst districts,
Bangladesh 2011
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Best districts
Worst districts
District % District %
1. Jhalokati 2.2 Dhaka 14.6
2.
Bagerhat,
Chandpur
3.0 Narayanganj 13.2
3. Manikganj 3.1 Bandarban 11.8
4.
5.
Barguna,
Pirojpur
Joypurhat,
Satkhira
3.2
Cox’s Bazar,
Sunamganj
9.4
3.3 Gazipur 8.9
Bangladesh: 6.0 %
Figure 4.1: Proportion of real child worker (10-14 years) by
administrative divisions, Bangladesh 2011
Real child worker (%)
15.0
12.0
9.0
6.0
3.0
0.0
Total
8.2
7.4
8.0
5.3
4.4
2.2
1.2
11.0
Male Female
8.6
6.5
7.5
4.8
3.7
5.0
4.5
0.7 1.0
Barisal
Dhaka
Khulna
Rajshahi
Rangpur
12. .6
9.1
7.5
6.0
2.0
2.6
1.2
Sylhet
Total
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