Niños trabajadores agrícolas en Baja California

• Main Author: José A. Moreno Mena
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California 1996-01-01
• Series: Estudios Fronterizos
• Subjects: Trabajo infantil; Jornaleros agrícolas; Política agropecuaria
• Online Access: http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/320

This work has as an objective to make a description, in a comparative way, of the general characteristics of the children who work in the fields of the valleys of Mexicali and San Quintin, Baja California. For such purpose, the results of two surveys made in the period of 1993-1994 were taken: the first one was made in the valley of Mexicali by the Social Research Institute of the Autonomous University of Baja California, and the National Program of Solidarity with Field Workers; and the second one was made inthe valley of San Quintin by the same organizations. Some antecedents about children's work are presented, and also its conceptualiza­ tion, its magnitude, and the more frequent causal explanations.