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Davis, Shelley – 1997
An estimated 200,000-800,000 children and adolescents work in the United States as migrant agricultural laborers, either alone or with their families. This digest describes the statutory and economic factors contributing to the presence of children in the fields and the impact of this labor on their health and educational progress. The Fair Labor…
Descriptors: Accidents, Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Child Welfare