Living and working conditions of CDWs
| India (n=500) | Philippines (n=200) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (95% CI) | % | n (95% CI) | % | ||
| Age started work | 9–11 years | 180±20 | 36 | 20±8 | 10 |
| 12–14 years | 260±23 | 52 | 103±14 | 56 | |
| 15–17 years | 60±15 | 12 | 62±12 | 31 | |
| Reason for going into child domestic work | Poverty | 195±20 | 39 | 28±10 | 14 |
| To continue studies | 75±15 | 15 | 94±14 | 47 | |
| Parents decided | 110±19 | 22 | 54±12 | 27 | |
| Loan repayment | 42±14 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| Not known | 75±15 | 15 | 24±9 | 12 | |
| Who do you live with? | Own family | 418±15 | 84 | 59±13 | 30 |
| Employer | 61±11 | 12 | 106±14 | 54 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 31±10 | 15 | |
| Day off | Yes | 43±11 | 8.6 | 10±14 | 51 |
| Hours of work/day | <6 | 8±5 | 1.6 | 51±12 | 26 |
| 7–9 | 270±21 | 54 | 39±11 | 20 | |
| 10–12 | 215±16 | 43 | 31±10 | 15 | |
| >12 | 15±6 | 3 | 39±12 | 20 | |
| Paid for work done | Monetary | 500 | 100 | 115±14 | 57 |
| Non-monetary | 0 | 0 | 20±8 | 10 | |
| Currently attending school | Yes | 175±18 | 35 | 172±10 | 87 |
| What does your employer do if you do something wrong? | Nothing | 14±7 | 3 | 20±9 | 10 |
| Scolds me | 254±22 | 51 | 36±10 | 18 | |
| Teaches/corrects me | 58±14 | 12 | 121±14 | 60 | |
| Beats me | 118±19 | 24 | 2±1 | 1 | |
| Deprived of food | 35±11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reduced salary | 21±9 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 4±3 | 2 | |
CDW, child domestic worker.