Explanation of social support for labor children in Tehran: a qualitative study

Abstract

Introduction: Social support understanding can prevent the occurrence of adverse social effects, increase people's progress, leave a positive impact on the physical, mental, and social condition of people, and ultimately lead to an increase in their performance. Research method: The present study was a qualitative type, with a content analysis approach; this research was conducted in the workplace and where the participants felt comfortable. To this end, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 8 experts on the issue of labor children, The collection tool was an interview guide, and the participants were selected based on purposeful sampling among experts and decision-makers in the matter of labor children. The process of selecting participants continued until no new information was obtained in the interviews and the data reached saturation. Then the interviews along with the desired codes were entered into MAXQDA version 10 software and data analysis was done. Findings: From the total interviews, 10386 initial codes, 265 overlapped initial codes 67 classes, and 19 merging data and five axial codes including lack of responsibility, unfair distribution of the country's wealth, lack of social support, increasing unemployment in the country and also Non-application of child rights laws were found. "Lack of responsibility of an individual or organization"was identified as the selective code of the participants in the research and the main variable of the research, which connected all the variables or classes with this concern. Conclusion: managers and broker's responsibility is to protect people and defend their rights. Accountability and transparency are one of the main tools against corruption and achieving an accountable system is one of the main goals of any country. The existence of an efficient and accountable system helps maintain the acceptability of the political system and on the other hand, it can prevent corruption's growth.