Abstract
The present research paper is an attempt made to analyze the major causes of
child begging generally in Pakistan particularly in Gujranwala city. Gujranwala is one of the industrial-urban cities of Pakistan. Within the high
population of the city, the dilemma of child beggars has been observed as a
major social problem. Child beggars are those under 18 persons who ask for
charity mostly money to others. For investigating the causes of child begging
in Gujranwala, a quantitative research method was designed. For the present
paper accidental sampling method from non-probability sampling techniques
was adopted. A sample of 150 child beggars was taken. Through well- organized interview schedule data was collected from the respondents. The
study found that poverty is the major cause of child begging in Gujranwala.
The study also found that many of the respondents involved in begging had no
physical or mental disability
Abid Mehmood Ansari, Muhammad Hassan Rauf, IrumNazir. (2017) Child Begging in Pakistan: A Case Study of Gujranwala, Orient Research Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 2, Issue 2.
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