The Influence of Child, Households, and Villages/Sub-Districts Characteristics on The Working Status of Children in East Nusa Tenggara Province 2024

Abstract

The percentage of the poor population in East Nusa Tenggara Province is being the
fourth highest in Indonesia in 2024, but the highest percentage of child labor in Indonesia. The
purpose of this study is to find out the picture, influencing factors, and trends of factors affecting
child labor in East Nusa Tenggara Province in 2024. The unit of analysis was children aged 10-
17 years who were unmarried and not as head of household with a sample of 9,117 children from
6,123 households and 1,165 villages/sub-districts. The data used are Susenas Kor and Modules
March, as well as Podes 2024 sourced from BPS. The analysis method in this study is multilevel
binary logistics regression. The results of the study show that children who work are boys aged
15-17 years. The child lives in households with a low level of head of households’ education and
household work in the agricultural sector, a small number member of productive age, and have
micro and small enterprises, and live in villages/sub-districts with many micro and small
industries and the main source of income for most of the population in the agricultural sector.