Abstract

Purpose To determined the prevalence of the child labor among male primary school students in Mukalla district in Yemen Methodology A cross-sectional study was designed to collect data from 5 th grade to 9 th grade primary school students in Mukalla city during the year 2015 2016 Results The study showed a high prevalence of child labor among school children in Mukalla city 54 2 where the common reason of child labor is that children have the interest to help their families 69 9 About 35 of students reported that they exposed to different kinds of abuse in their owner s place Child labor affects negatively on their school s achievements and about 20 7 of them thinking to leave school Educational level of parents did not indicate significant association with child labor p-value 0 11 Conclusion High prevalence of child labor may affect on their school achievements and being a predisposing factor to school drop-out