Infância interrompida: o trabalho infantil das crianças no lixão do bairro Teso Duro na cidade de Caxias-MA

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify conditioning factors that lead to the presence of children in the Teso duro neighborhood dump, as well as to investigate the main reasons why some children work during childhood, as well as to describe the conditions that make child labor possible in the neighborhood. Hard hard. The research is qualitative- quantitative and was carried out with residents of the dump and other representatives of the neighborhood of the city of Caxias/MA. Questionnaires were prepared with questions related to the child labor of children and their families, and what points of view the representative of the neighborhood would have, according to experiences in the locality, aiming at taking into account the following elements: quantitative data about the residents, mobility difficulties, what possible jobs they practiced and schooling. After the application of the questionnaires, the data were analyzed according to each experience of the residents, using the methodology of analysis and content. city of Caxias/MA, but due to the presence of actions and projects aimed at their well-being, there ends up being a great decrease in child labor in degrading places that offer dangers to them.