Factors affecting the survival of migratory labour at brick kilns in Haryana

Brick kiln sector has been rapidly growing sector worldwide. It not only accounted for highest migration across the nations but it also generates millions of opportunities for these migrants. The migrants find higher wages, better employment opportunities, and improved living conditions than their native places at their migratory locations. This fosters the continuous movement of migration in the country. The current study focus on the factor affecting survival of migrants at their workplace at brick kilns in Haryana. The data sample of 714 has been collected from the laborers working in the brick kilns in Haryana through convenience and snowball sampling. Factor analysis is applied to identify the factors affecting migration in the country and simple linear regression is used to analyze the most and least influential dimensions affecting survival of migrants in brick kilns in Haryana. Current study found out that migrants are being lured by higher earnings prospects and availability of better livelihood facilities whereas some parameters such as caste exploitation have negligible role in migration of labour.