The biggest reason was that the children, especially girls, were told by their parents to baby-sit their little brothers and sisters or other families' children at their workplaces, and that this burden prevented them from going to school.
その最大の原因は、子どもたち、とくに女児が親から幼い弟妹たちの子守を、あるいは奉公先などで他家の幼児の子守を命じられて学校に行くことができないためだと論じられた。