CHILDREN OF THE PHILIPPINES · Filipino working children were more likely to be males, living in the rural areas and whose median age was 14 years old… About 1.8 million children

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For all age groups and for both urban and rural areas, the number of economically active males exceeded the females. The sex ratio of rural-based working children was higher (191 males per 100 females) compared to that of their urban counterparts (139 males per 100 females).

Children comprised about 31 percent of the total population...

More than two-thirds (69.8%) of the working children were found in the rural areas.

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One in every six children 5-17 years old was engaged in an economic activity during the past 12 months...

Of the children 5-17 years old, 4.0 million (16.2%) were engaged in an economic activity during the period October 2000 to September 2001. This proportion of working children is slightly higher by 0.2 percentage point compared to the reported 3.6 million working children in 1995.

Filipino working children were more likely to be males, living in the rural areas and whose median age was 14 years old…

About 1.8 million children 15-17 years old worked during the past 12 months. This number represents more than one-third (36.9%) of the total children 15-17 years old and about 46 percent of the total working children 5-17 years old. Almost one in every 5 children 10-14 years old (18.9%) and 2.5 percent of those younger than 10 years old were working.

Urban-based working children were older than the rural-based. Working children in the urban areas recorded a median age of 15 years compared to 14 years for children in the rural areas.

A total of 24.9 million Filipino children 5-17 years old was recorded as of October 2001; an increase of 11.2 percent compared to the 22.4 million children in 1995.

The Filipino children, who comprised about 31 percent of the total population, were mainly rural-based (55.0%). Four in every ten children (41.1%) belonged to the age group 10-14 years old.

Male children outnumbered the female children at a ratio of 107 males per 100 females.

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SURVEY ON CHILDREN 5SURVEY ON CHILDREN 5--17 YEARS OLD: OCTOBER 200117 YEARS OLD: OCTOBER 2001

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ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

A total of 2.7 million out of the 10.4 million households (26.3%) have working children either in their own-household operated and/or in other household’s business/enterprise, according to 2001 Survey on Children 5-17 Years Old. About 7.7 million households (73.7%), on the other hand, have no working children.

In general, households with working children came from the rural areas with an average size of 6 members.

Almost 7 in every 10 households with working children had their own business/enterprise, mainly engaged in the agriculture (69.6%) and services (26.6%) sectors. Likewise, 61.6 percent of households with non-working children had their own business/enterprise, of which 47.7 percent and 45.5 percent were engaged in the agriculture and services sectors, respectively.

Households with working children earned and spent less than those with non-working children. More than half of the households with working children earned (54.6%) and spent (58.8%) an amount of less than P5,000 a month while more households with non-working children reported an average income (60.5%) and expenditure (54.6%) of P5,000 or more .

facility- this is more common among households with working children (13.3%) than those with non-working children (6.2%).

Electricity was the main source of lighting. Nearly 63 percent of households with working children used electricity as compared to 82.4 percent of households with non-working children. Kerosene was the second major source of lighting used by 36.2 percent of households with working children and 16.2 percent of those with non-working children.

The top 3 conveniences among households with working children were radio/cassette (76.9%), television (45.3%) and refrigerator/freezer (23.9%). The same set of conveniences was recorded among households with non-working children: radio/cassette (84.8%), television (68.7%) and refrigerator/freezer (44.3%).

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HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS More than 3 in every 5 households with working children 5-17 years old owned not only the housing unit but also the lot where they lived in. Housing units were predominantly, if not purely, made of strong materials. The same observations were recorded among households with non-working children 5-17 years old.

Shared faucet was the main source of drinking water for households with working children (23.1%). Own use faucet, on the other hand, was reported by 34.8 percent of households with non-working children.

Water-sealed type of toilet was common to both households with working and non-working children. It is worthy of note however, that 838 thousand households (8.0%) have no toilet



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PROFILE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN PROFILE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN 55--17 YEARS OLD17 YEARS OLD

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No. % to Total No. % to Total No. % to Total

PHILIPPINES Households W ith Children 5-17 years old 10,440 100.0 2,741 26.3 7,699 73.7 Households with Own-Operated Business/Enterpr ise 6,656 63.8 1,910 69.7 4,746 61.6

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS Household Size 10,440 100.0 2,741 100.0 7,699 100.0 Less than 3 members 127 1.2 28 1.0 99 1.3 Three members 764 7.3 157 5.7 607 7.9 Four members 1,758 16.8 316 11.5 1,442 18.7 F ive members 2,284 21.9 455 16.6 1,829 23.8 S ix Members 2,018 19.3 532 19.4 1,486 19.3 Seven Members 1,465 14.0 466 17.0 999 13.0 E ight Members 972 9.3 363 13.2 609 7.9 N ine Members 497 4.8 199 7.3 298 3.9 Ten members and over 554 5.3 225 8.2 329 4.3

Major Industry Group 1 6,656 100.0 1,910 100.0 4,746 100.0 Agriculture 3,595 54.0 1,329 69.6 2,266 47.7 Industry 394 5.9 73 3.8 321 6.8 Services 2,667 40.1 508 26.6 2,159 45.5

Average Monthly Income 10,440 100.0 2,741 100.0 7,699 100.0 Less than P2,000 711 6.8 270 9.9 441 5.7 P2,000 - P2,999 1,315 12.6 476 17.4 839 10.9 P3,000 - P4,999 2,512 24.1 748 27.3 1,764 22.9 P5,000 - P9,999 4,471 42.8 745 27.2 3,726 48.4 P10,000 and Over 1,432 13.7 503 18.4 929 12.1

Average Monthly Expenditures 10,440 100.0 2,741 100.0 7,699 100.0 Less than P2,000 798 7.6 296 10.8 502 6.5 P2,000 - P2,999 1,447 13.9 497 18.1 950 12.3 P3,000 - P4,999 2,859 27.4 819 29.9 2,040 26.5 P5,000 - P9,999 4,388 42.0 735 26.8 3,653 47.4 P10,000 and Over 947 9.1 393 14.3 554 7.2

HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS Tenure of Housing Unit 10,440 100.0 2,741 100.0 7,699 100.0 Owned 6,791 65.0 1,721 62.8 5,070 65.9 Owned house, rent lot 363 3.5 102 3.7 261 3.4 Own house, rent free lot w/ or w/o consent 2,230 21.4 733 26.7 1,497 19.4 Rent house and Lot 529 5.1 62 2.3 467 6.1 Rent free house and lot w/ or w/o consent 527 5.0 123 4.5 404 5.2

Type of Materials Used in the Housing Unit 10,440 100.0 2,741 100.0 7,699 100.0 Strong Materials 7,124 68.2 1,591 58.0 5,533 71.9 Light Materials 3,157 30.2 1,095 39.9 2,062 26.8 Salvaged Materials 159 1.5 55 2.0 104 1.4

Main Source of Drinking Water 10,440 100.0 2,741 100.0 7,699 100.0 Faucet, own use 3,181 30.5 503 18.4 2,678 34.8 Faucet, shared 2,180 20.9 632 23.1 1,548 20.1 Tube/pipe, own use 1,219 11.7 328 12.0 891 11.6 Tube/pipe well , shared 1,774 17.0 538 19.6 1,236 16.1 Dug wel l 768 7.4 295 10.8 473 6.1 Spring, r iver, streams, etc. 721 6.9 307 11.2 414 5.4 Rain 69 0.7 23 0.8 46 0.6 Peddler 385 3.7 85 3.1 300 3.9 Others 144 1.4 31 1.1 113 1.5

Type of Toilet Facilit ies 10,440 100.0 2,741 100.0 7,699 100.0 W ater sealed 7,873 75.4 1,788 65.2 6,085 79.0 Close pit 1,001 9.6 318 11.6 683 8.9 Open pi t 588 5.6 231 8.4 357 4.6 Others 140 1.3 40 1.5 100 1.3 None 838 8.0 364 13.3 474 6.2

Main Source of Lighting 10,440 100.0 2,741 100.0 7,699 100.0 Electricity 8,069 77.3 1,722 62.8 6,347 82.4 Kerosene 2,283 21.9 991 36.2 1,292 16.8 Liquif ied Petroleum Gas (LPG) 47 0.5 10 0.4 37 0.5 Oil (vegetable, animal) 5 0.0 2 0.1 3 0.0 Others 36 0.3 16 0.6 20 0.3

Household Conveniences 2 10,440 100.0 2,741 100.0 7,699 100.0 Radio/Casettes 8,639 82.7 2,107 76.9 6,532 84.8 T V 6,530 62.6 1,243 45.3 5,287 68.7 Refrigerator/Freezer 4,061 38.9 654 23.9 3,407 44.3 Telephone 1,755 16.8 234 8.5 1,521 19.8 Motor Vehicle 1,502 14.4 275 10.0 1,227 15.9 Others 1,432 13.7 272 9.9 1,160 15.1

Number of Households With Children 5-17 Years Old by Selected Characterist ics: October 2001

Selected CharacteristicsTotal Households with Children

5-17 Years OldHouseholds with Working Children

5-17 Years OldHouseholds with Non-Working

Children 5-17 Years Old

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Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on ChildrenNote: (1) Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. (3) 1 Households with own-operated business/enterprise

(2) * Less than 500 (4) 2 A child is counted once in this category but may be counted under each reported household convenience.

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EDUCATION OF THE WORKING CHILDRENEDUCATION OF THE WORKING CHILDREN Do working children go to school?Do working children go to school?

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Two in every three working children attended school... Of the 4.0 million working children, 2.6 million (65.9%) attended school during the school year 2001-2002 while 1.3 million (31.3%) engaged in gainful and other activities but not in schooling. (Table 1) This translates to a ratio of two school enrollees for every working child who was not able to attend school.

School attendance was higher among working children living in the rural areas (67.0%) than the urban-based children (63.2%).

Working children who studied at the same time comprised mostly of male (59.6%) and with age between 10 and 14 years old (58.3%).

On the average, a working child was more likely to report that he had difficulty working and attending school at the same time than admit that his work has negative effect on his schooling... Of the 2.6 million working children who attended school, 1.2 million or 44.8 percent admitted that they had difficulty working and studying at the same time while only 590 thousand or 22.3 percent reported that their work had negative effect on their schooling. (Tables 2 and 3) Rural-based and male working children were more likely to report their difficulties encountered and the effects of work on their school grades and attendance.

The most common problems or difficulties encountered by the 1.2 million working children were difficulty in catching-up with the lessons (52.1%); high cost of school supplies/books/transportation (47.9%); and distance of school from residence (40.0%). On the other hand, the most frequently reported negative effects of work on schooling of 590 thousand children were low grades (39.7%); absenteeism (30.2%); and tardiness (25.6%).

Male working students were mostly elementary undergraduates while the females had at least some high school

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More than 97 percent of the working children reached at least elementary level… About 3.9 million or 97.1 percent of working children completed a grade level. (Table 4) The number of working children with no grade completed comprising 2.9 percent or 116 thousand is 0.1 percentage point higher compared to the result of the 1995 Survey on Child Labor.

Of those who had formal schooling, 40 percent (1.6 million) finished elementary grade levels I-V while more than half (2.3 million) were at least elementary graduates. Less than one percent (31 thousand) reached the college level.

education. Working children in urban areas were more highly educated than the rural-based children. The proportion of urban-based working children who were at least high school graduates (high school graduates and college undergraduates) was more than half that of rural-based working children (11.4% and 5.4%, respectively).



Total % toTotal Male % to Female % to 5-9 % to 10-14 % to 15-17 % to

Total Total Total Total Total

PHILIPPINES 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0

Schooling StatusAttending school 2,647 65.9 1,578 61.9 1,069 72.8 217 88.2 1,543 79.8 887 48.3Not attending school 1,259 31.3 903 35.4 357 24.3 24 9.8 353 18.3 883 48.1Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.1 6 2.4 38 2.0 68 3.7

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on ChildrenNote: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.



PHILIPPINES 2,647 100.0 1,578 100.0 1,069 100.0 217 100.0 1,543 100.0 887 100.0

With problems encountered 1 1,187 44.8 736 46.6 450 42.1 80 36.9 687 44.5 419 47.2Difficulty in catching up w/ the lessons 619 52.1 404 54.9 214 47.6 47 58.8 380 55.3 191 45.6Teachers are not supportive 94 7.9 58 7.9 36 8.0 9 11.3 57 8.3 28 6.7High cost of sch supplies/books/transp. 568 47.9 339 46.1 229 50.9 38 47.5 290 42.2 240 57.3No time to study 77 6.5 55 7.5 23 5.1 3 3.8 42 6.1 33 7.9School too far from residence 475 40.0 293 39.8 182 40.4 26 32.5 266 38.7 183 43.7Others 79 6.7 51 6.9 28 6.2 1 1.3 49 7.1 29 6.9

Without problems encountered 1,460 55.2 842 53.4 619 57.9 137 63.1 856 55.5 468 52.8

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on ChildrenNote: (1) Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. (2) 1 A child is counted only once under this category but may be counted under each reported problem encountered.



PHILIPPINES 2,647 100.0 1,578 100.0 1,069 100.0 217 100.0 1,543 100.0 887 100.0

Work affected schooling 590 22.3 399 25.3 190 17.8 44 20.3 342 22.2 203 22.9Low grades 234 39.7 165 41.4 70 36.8 19 43.2 140 40.9 76 37.4Absenteeism 178 30.2 118 29.6 59 31.1 13 29.5 106 31.0 58 28.6Tardiness 151 25.6 103 25.8 48 25.3 12 27.3 85 24.9 54 26.6Others 27 4.6 13 3.3 13 6.8 * 0.0 11 3.2 15 7.4

Work did not affect schooling 2,056 77.7 1,177 74.6 879 82.2 172 79.3 1,200 77.8 684 77.1

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on ChildrenNote: (1) Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. (2) * Less than 500

Table 3. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked and Attended School During the Past 12 Months, by Effect of Work on Schooling,

(In Thousands)

Problems Encountered

by Sex and Age Group: October 2001

(In Thousands)

Sex Age GroupEffect of Work on Schooling

Age GroupSex

by Sex and Age Group: October 2001

Table 1. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During The Past 12 Months, by Schooling Status, by Sex and Age Group: October 2001(In Thousands)

Sex Age GroupSchooling Status

Table 2. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked and Attended School During the Past 12 Months, by Problems Encountered on Schooling,



PHILIPPINES

All Areas 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0No Grade Completed 116 2.9 78 3.1 39 2.7 70 28.5 34 1.8 13 0.7Elementary Undergraduate 1,608 40.0 1,108 43.5 500 34.0 177 72.0 1,103 57.0 328 17.9Elementary Graduate 713 17.7 454 17.8 259 17.6 - - 425 22.0 288 15.7High School Undergraduate 1,291 32.1 760 29.8 531 36.1 - - 372 19.2 919 50.0High School Graduate 259 6.4 132 5.2 126 8.6 - - - - 258 14.0College Undergraduate 31 0.8 16 0.6 15 1.0 - - - - 31 1.7

Urban 1,213 100.0 707 100.0 507 100.0 67 100.0 530 100.0 617 100.0No Grade Completed 25 2.1 16 2.3 9 1.8 17 25.4 5 0.9 3 0.5Elementary Undergraduate 408 33.6 263 37.2 144 28.4 49 73.1 281 53.0 77 12.5Elementary Graduate 192 15.8 107 15.1 85 16.8 - - 110 20.8 82 13.3High School Undergraduate 450 37.1 254 35.9 197 38.9 - - 134 25.3 317 51.4High School Graduate 127 10.5 61 8.6 66 13.0 - - - - 127 20.6College Undergraduate 11 0.9 6 0.8 5 1.0 - - - - 11 1.8

Rural 2,805 100.0 1,841 100.0 964 100.0 180 100.0 1,405 100.0 1,220 100.0No Grade Completed 91 3.2 60 3.3 30 3.1 51 28.3 29 2.1 10 0.8Elementary Undergraduate 1,201 42.8 846 46.0 356 36.9 129 71.7 822 58.5 251 20.6Elementary Graduate 520 18.5 347 18.8 173 17.9 - - 314 22.3 206 16.9High School Undergraduate 841 30.0 506 27.5 335 34.8 - - 238 16.9 603 49.4High School Graduate 132 4.7 71 3.9 61 6.3 - - - - 132 10.8College Undergraduate 20 0.7 10 0.5 9 0.9 - - - - 19 1.6


by Place of Residence

(In Thousands)

Highest Grade Completed Sex Age Group

Table 4. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Highest Grade Completed, by Sex and Age Group, Urban-Rural: October 2001



SCHOOL DROPSCHOOL DROP--OUTSOUTS Why do working children dropWhy do working children drop--out of school?out of school?

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NATIONAL STATINATIONAL STATIS-S-

Younger children seemed to have high interest in schooling than the older ones as reported by a lower proportion of children 5-9 years old who were not interested in school (29.4%). Children in the oldest age group 15-17 years old reported higher proportion of the inability of their family to finance their education (31.7%).

Loss of interest in schooling and insufficient family/household income were the main reasons of school drop-outs...

The top two reasons why children stopped/dropped out of school were children’s loss of interest in schooling and insufficient family/household income to support their education. (Table 2) This was revealed by both working children and adult respondents.

Loss of interest in schooling ranked as the number 1 reason among male drop-out working students according to both child and parent/guardian respondents. Females, on the other hand, stopped from schooling since they could not afford to go to school due to financial incapability of the family/household to support their education.

4,018(100.0%)

1,467(36.5%)

1,584(39.4%)

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

In Thousands

Total Working Children Drop-Outs Based onChildren's Response

Drop-Outs Based onParents/Guardians'

Response

Number of School Drop-Out Working Children, Philippines: October 2001


Majority of the working children who dropped out of school were rural-based (70.1%). Children belonging to the age group 15-17 had almost twice the probability of being a drop-out than those between 10 and 14 years of age. Male drop-outs outnumbered the females with a ratio of 2:1.

Of the 4.0 million working children, 1.5 million (36.5%) children admitted that they had stopped/dropped out of school. (Table 1) This is slightly lower than the proportion of parent/guardian respondents who positively identified their children to have been out of formal education. (For the purpose of the 2001 Survey on Children 5-17 Years Old, both working children and their parents/guardians were asked whether the working child had ever stopped/dropped out of school.)

One in every three working children had stopped/dropped out of school...

Rank

1 Not interested in school Child not interested in schooling/trng2 Cannot afford to go to school High cost of schooling/training3 To engage in paid/self-employment Others

to augment family income4 To help in family business/farm To work for wages/salaries5 Others To help in household enterprise


31.4

Top Five (5) Reasons Why Working Children 5-17 Years Old Stopped/Dropped Out of SchoolBased on Children and Parents/Guardians' Responses

Children's Response Parents/Guardians' Response% %

28.39.9

9.17.5

41.4

6.8

22.78.6

7.1



No.% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total

PHILIPPINES

Total Number of Working ChildrenAll areas 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0Urban 1,213 30.2 707 27.7 507 34.5 67 27.2 530 27.4 617 33.6Rural 2,805 69.8 1,841 72.3 964 65.6 180 73.2 1,405 72.6 1,220 66.4

Number of School Drop-OutsBased on children's response

All areas 1,467 100.0 1,039 100.0 429 100.0 17 100.0 528 100.0 923 100.0Urban 439 29.9 291 28.0 147 34.3 5 29.4 132 25.0 301 32.6Rural 1,029 70.1 747 71.9 281 65.5 12 70.6 395 74.8 621 67.3

Based on parents/guardians' responseAll areas 1,584 100.0 1,131 100.0 453 100.0 21 100.0 555 100.0 1,008 100.0Urban 461 29.1 313 27.7 147 32.5 4 19.0 135 24.3 321 31.8Rural 1,123 70.9 818 72.3 306 67.5 17 81.0 420 75.7 687 68.2


No.% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total

PHILIPPINES

Based on Children's ResponseTotal 1,467 100.0 1,039 100.0 429 100.0 17 100.0 528 100.0 923 100.0

To engage in paid/self-employment to 145 9.9 99 9.5 46 10.7 2 11.8 29 5.5 114 12.4 augment family incomeTo help in family business/farm 133 9.1 112 10.8 20 4.7 1 5.9 49 9.3 82 8.9To attend to sick member of the family 24 1.6 8 0.8 16 3.7 1 5.9 12 2.3 11 1.2Cannot afford to go to school 415 28.3 237 22.8 177 41.3 3 17.6 118 22.3 293 31.7Not interested in school 461 31.4 387 37.2 72 16.8 5 29.4 171 32.4 283 30.7School is too far 94 6.4 64 6.2 29 6.8 1 5.9 50 9.5 42 4.6Illness/disability 62 4.2 39 3.8 23 5.4 1 5.9 38 7.2 23 2.5Teachers are not supportive 17 1.2 14 1.3 3 0.7 - - 9 1.7 8 0.9Housekeeping 6 0.4 3 0.3 4 0.9 - - 4 0.8 3 0.3Others 110 7.5 74 7.1 37 8.6 4 23.5 46 8.7 61 6.6

Based on Parents/Guardians' ResponseTotal 1,584 100.0 1,131 100.0 453 100.0 21 100.0 555 100.0 1,008 100.0

Teachers are not supportive 18 1.1 17 1.5 2 0.4 - - 6 1.1 13 1.3No suitable sch/trng institution available 8 0.5 6 0.5 3 0.7 - - 6 1.1 3 0.3Child not interested in schooling/trng 656 41.4 545 48.2 110 24.3 7 33.3 230 41.4 418 41.5High cost of schooling/training 359 22.7 220 19.5 139 30.7 3 14.3 94 16.9 262 26.0School too far 91 5.7 50 4.4 41 9.1 2 9.5 52 9.4 37 3.7To help in household enterprise 107 6.8 84 7.4 24 5.3 1 4.8 34 6.1 73 7.2To help in housekeeping 29 1.8 10 0.9 18 4.0 4 19.0 14 2.5 10 1.0To work for wages/salaries 112 7.1 76 6.7 35 7.7 * 0.0 24 4.3 87 8.6To start on business 2 0.1 2 0.2 * 0.0 - - 1 0.2 1 0.1Disability/illness 66 4.2 43 3.8 24 5.3 1 4.8 39 7.0 27 2.7Others 136 8.6 79 7.0 56 12.4 4 19.0 55 9.9 76 7.5


15-17

TotalMale Female 5-9 10-14 15-17

Male Female 5-9 10-14Number of Working Children

Table 2. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, Who Ever Stopped/Dropped Out of School, by Main Reason for Stopping/Dropping Out of School, by Sex and Age Group: October 2001

(In Thousands)

Main Reason for Stopping/ Sex Age GroupDropping Out of School

Table 1. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months and Number of School Drop-Outs,

(In Thousands)

Sex Age Group

by Sex and Age Group, Urban-Rural: October 2001

Total



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PRIMARY OCCUPATION PRIMARY OCCUPATION OF THE WORKING CHILDRENOF THE WORKING CHILDREN

What kind of occupation are they engaged in?What kind of occupation are they engaged in?

64.9

13.5 11.37.3

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Laborers andUnskilled Workers

Service Workers andShop and Market

Sales Worker

Farmers, Forestry Workersand Fishermen

Other Occupations Not reported

Proportion of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Major Occupation, Philippines: October 2001

Major Occupation


A total of 2.6 million children 5-17 years old worked as laborers and unskilled workers during the past 12 months (October 2000 to September 2001). This number accounts to almost two-thirds (64.9%) of the total 4.0 million working children during the period.

Laborers and unskilled workers comprised more than half of the number of working children across sex and age group, regardless of their place of residence.

Almost two-thirds of the working children 5-17 years old were laborers and unskilled workers…

More than 10 percent each of the working children 5-17 years old were either service/shop and market sales workers (13.5%) or farmers/forestry workers/fishermen (11.3%). Service/shop and market sales workers were mostly females (60.1%) and urban-based children (55.3%). Male working children (13.4%) and those living in the rural areas (13.1%) recorded greater proportions of farmers/forestry workers/fishermen than their female (7.6%) and urban-based counterpart (7.1%).


58.8

21.0

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Unpaid worker inown household-

operated

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Worker in privatehousehold

Self-employedwithout any paid

employee

Others

Proportion of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Status of Employment, Philippines:

October 2001

Status of Employment

Majority of the working children were unpaid, seasonal workers, found in the farms… Majority of the children 5-17 years old were unpaid workers in their own-household operated farms/businesses (58.8%). Others were workers in private establishments (21.0%), in private households (9.3%) and self-employed without any paid employee (4.4%).

More than 60 percent among the rural-based and 5-14 year old working children were unpaid during the reference period. In the same manner, female working children 5-17 years old recorded a higher percentage of unpaid workers than male working children (60.3% compared to 58.0%).

One in every three working children 5-17 years old (36.6%) worked only during school vacation (seasonal workers). Thirty-one percent had short-term/casual jobs while nearly one-fourth (24.8%) worked permanently.

Almost half (49.5%) of the working children 5-17 years old were found in the farm while one in every four children worked either in their own or in their employer’s house (17.3% and 7.7%, respectively).





No.% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total No.

% to Total

PHILIPPINES

MAJOR OCCUPATION 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 1,213 100.0 2,805 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0Official Government and Special Interest Organizations 21 0.5 11 0.4 10 0.7 13 1.0 9 0.3 - - 8 0.4 14 0.7

Corporate Executives, Managers, Man. Proprietorsand Supervisors

Professionals 3 0.1 1 0.0 2 0.2 3 0.3 - - - - - - 3 0.2Technician and Associate Professionals 4 0.1 3 0.1 1 0.0 2 0.2 2 0.1 - - 1 0.0 3 0.1Clerks 46 1.2 20 0.8 26 1.8 30 2.5 16 0.6 2 0.9 19 1.0 25 1.4Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Worker 544 13.5 217 8.5 327 22.2 301 24.8 243 8.7 41 16.5 261 13.5 242 13.2Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen 454 11.3 342 13.4 112 7.6 86 7.1 369 13.1 50 20.4 228 11.8 176 9.6Trades and Related Workers 136 3.4 79 3.1 57 3.9 58 4.8 78 2.8 3 1.1 56 2.9 77 4.2Plant and machine Operators and Assemblers 46 1.1 44 1.7 2 0.1 21 1.7 25 0.9 1 0.6 7 0.4 37 2.0Laborers and Unskilled Workers 2,608 64.9 1,737 68.2 870 59.2 652 53.7 1,956 69.7 138 56.2 1,302 67.3 1,167 63.5Special Occupations 37 0.9 21 0.8 17 1.1 19 1.6 18 0.7 5 1.9 12 0.6 21 1.1Not reported 118 2.9 73 2.9 45 3.1 29 2.4 90 3.2 6 2.5 40 2.1 72 3.9

STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 1,213 100.0 2,805 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0Worker in private household 373 9.3 140 5.5 233 15.8 170 14.0 203 7.2 15 6.1 131 6.8 227 12.4Worker in private establishment 845 21.0 624 24.5 221 15.0 298 24.6 547 19.5 18 7.3 287 14.8 540 29.4Worker in government/government corporation 14 0.3 8 0.3 6 0.4 8 0.6 6 0.2 - - 2 0.1 12 0.7Paid worker on own household-operated enterprise 44 1.1 33 1.3 12 0.8 27 2.2 18 0.6 6 2.3 17 0.9 21 1.2Self-employed without any paid employee 176 4.4 134 5.3 42 2.9 69 5.7 107 3.8 13 5.4 74 3.8 88 4.8Employer in own household-operated farm/business 40 1.0 30 1.2 10 0.7 8 0.7 32 1.1 2 1.0 20 1.0 18 1.0Unpaid worker in own household-operated 2,364 58.8 1,478 58.0 886 60.3 587 48.4 1,776 63.3 184 74.8 1,333 68.9 846 46.0

farm/businessUnpaid worker for other members who work for others 39 1.0 28 1.1 11 0.7 11 0.9 28 1.0 - - 26 1.4 12 0.7Homebase worker 12 0.3 7 0.3 5 0.3 9 0.8 2 0.1 2 0.7 5 0.2 5 0.3Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 26 2.1 86 3.1 6 2.3 38 2.0 67 3.7

NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 1,213 100.0 2,805 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0Permanent 998 24.8 631 24.8 366 24.9 352 29.0 646 23.0 54 21.8 399 20.6 545 29.7Short term/casual 1,259 31.3 789 31.0 471 32.0 410 33.8 849 30.3 75 30.6 586 30.3 598 32.5Seasonal/school vacation 1,469 36.6 920 36.1 549 37.4 377 31.1 1,092 38.9 106 42.9 843 43.6 521 28.4Worked for different employers 167 4.1 133 5.2 34 2.3 40 3.3 127 4.5 5 2.2 60 3.1 101 5.5

on a day-to-day/week-to-week basisOthers 14 0.3 9 0.3 5 0.4 8 0.7 6 0.2 1 0.2 8 0.4 6 0.3Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 26 2.1 86 3.1 6 2.3 38 2.0 67 3.7

PLACE OF WORK 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 1,213 100.0 2,805 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0Own house 696 17.3 314 12.3 382 26.0 329 27.1 367 13.1 77 31.4 366 18.9 253 13.8Employer's house 311 7.7 98 3.9 213 14.5 163 13.5 148 5.3 7 2.9 88 4.6 216 11.7Other person's house/place 103 2.6 64 2.5 39 2.7 63 5.2 40 1.4 7 3.0 34 1.8 61 3.3Office 10 0.2 6 0.2 4 0.3 6 0.5 4 0.1 - - 1 0.0 9 0.5Factory 30 0.7 18 0.7 12 0.8 15 1.2 15 0.5 - - 3 0.2 27 1.5Farm 1,990 49.5 1,446 56.7 545 37.0 222 18.3 1,768 63.0 113 45.9 1,057 54.6 820 44.6Street 180 4.5 132 5.2 48 3.3 112 9.2 68 2.4 9 3.6 75 3.9 96 5.2Market place 159 3.9 63 2.5 96 6.5 103 8.5 56 2.0 3 1.3 75 3.9 80 4.4Mines 4 0.1 4 0.2 - - 2 0.2 2 0.1 - - 3 0.2 1 0.1Construction site/quarry site 37 0.9 37 1.4 * 0.0 20 1.6 17 0.6 - - 9 0.5 28 1.5Others 387 9.6 299 11.8 87 5.9 152 12.5 235 8.4 23 9.5 185 9.5 178 9.7Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 26 2.1 86 3.1 6 2.3 38 2.0 67 3.7


Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Selected Characteristics on Primary Occupation,

(In Thousands)by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group: October 2001

15 - 17RuralSelected Characteristics

Sex Urban-Rural Residence Age GroupTotal

10 -14UrbanFemaleMale 5 - 9



KIND OF INDUSTRY CHILDREN WORKED INKIND OF INDUSTRY CHILDREN WORKED IN What kind of industry are they engaged in their primary occupation?What kind of industry are they engaged in their primary occupation?

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NO.NO. 66 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0

In Percent

Construction

Electricity, Gas and Water

Manufacturing

Mining and Quarrying

Total

Proportion of Children 5-17 Years Old Engaged in Industrial Sectors, Philippines: October 2001


Industrial Sectors

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PrivateHouseholds…

Transport… Hotels &Restaurants

Other ServicesSectors

Proportion of Children 5-17 Years Old Engaged in Services Sectors, by Age Group, Philippines:

October 2001

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Proportion of Children 5-17 Years Old Engaged in Agricultural Sectors, by Sex, Urban-Rural, Philippines:

October 2001

Male Female


Agriculture employed about 60 percent of the total working children 5-17 years old…

Based on the 2001 Survey on Children, about 2.3 million children 5-17 years old were farmers, hunters or fishermen during the past 12 months (October 2000 to September 2001). These children represent 58.5 percent of the 4.0 million working children 5-17 years old during the reference period; majority of which (2.0 million or 72.3%) were living in the rural areas.

More than two-thirds of the male working children (67.4% or 1.7 million) were engaged in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing compared to 42.9 percent (631 thousand) of their female counterpart.

Approximately 3 in every 10 working children, mostly females, engaged in the services sectors…

A total of 1.3 million (31.7%) children 5-17 years old, mostly females (54.9%), were engaged in the services sectors.

More than half of these children were found working in the wholesale and retail, repair of motor vehicles and personal and household goods sector (747 thousand or 58.6%) while 18.1 percent (230 thousand), in private households with employed persons.

Almost 7 in every 10 children who worked in private households belonged to the 15-17 year old age group (68.7%).

Seventy percent of children working in industrial sectors were found in manufacturing…

The industrial sectors employed about 266 thousand or 6.6 percent of the total working children 5-17 years old. Manufacturing was recorded as major industry employing 70 percent (186 thousand) of the working children in the industrial sectors. Next in rank was construction where more than 1 in every 5 children can be found working (58 thousand or 21.9%).

More children from the urban areas than in rural areas were likely to engage in these sectors (10.6% compared to 4.9%, respectively).





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T o t a l N o .% to T o t a l N o .

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A l l A r e a s 4 , 0 1 8 1 0 0 . 0 2 , 5 4 8 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 4 7 0 1 0 0 . 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 9 3 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 3 7 1 0 0 . 0

Agr i cu l tu re 2 , 3 4 9 58 .5 1 , 7 1 8 67 .4 6 3 1 42 .9 1 5 1 61 .3 1 , 2 4 2 64 .2 9 5 6 52 .0 Agr i cu l t u re , Hun t i ng and Fo res t r y 2 , 1 4 1 91 .1 1 , 5 2 7 88 .9 6 1 4 97 .2 1 4 4 95 .2 1 , 1 5 1 92 .6 8 4 7 88 .6 F i s h i n g 2 0 8 8 .9 1 9 0 11 .1 1 8 2 .8 7 4 .8 9 1 7 .4 1 0 9 11 .4

I ndus t ry 2 6 6 6 .6 1 7 8 7 .0 8 9 6 .0 9 3 .5 1 0 0 5 .2 1 5 7 8 .6 M in ing and Qua r r y i ng 1 8 6 .7 1 8 10 .1 - - - - 9 8 .9 9 5 .7 M a n u f a c t u r i n g 1 8 6 70 .0 9 8 55 .0 8 9 1 0 0 . 0 9 1 0 0 . 0 8 1 80 .8 9 7 61 .5 E lec t r i c i t y , Gas and W ater 4 1 .4 4 2 .1 - - - - 1 0 .6 3 1 .9 C o n s t r u c t i o n 5 8 21 .9 5 8 32 .8 - - - - 1 0 9 .6 4 9 30 .9

Se rv i ces 1 , 2 7 4 31 .7 5 7 5 22 .6 6 9 9 47 .5 7 9 32 .1 5 4 5 28 .2 6 4 9 35 .3 W holesa le and Re ta i l , Repa i r o f Moto r Veh ic les 7 4 7 58 .6 3 4 0 59 .1 4 0 7 58 .2 5 5 69 .5 3 9 4 72 .3 2 9 7 45 .8

a n d P e r s o n a l a n d H o u s e h o l d G o o d sH o t e l s a n d R e s t a u r a n t s 9 5 7 .4 3 3 5 .8 6 2 8 .8 5 5 .9 3 2 5 .8 5 9 9 .0 T r a n s p o r t , S t o r a g e a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n s 1 0 2 8 .0 9 8 17 .0 4 0 .5 5 6 .0 2 5 4 .5 7 2 11 .1 F inanc ia l In te rmed ia t ion 2 0 .1 1 0 .1 1 0 .1 - - - - 1 0 .2 Rea l Es ta te , Ren t i ng and Bus iness Ac t i v i t i es 1 3 1 .0 9 1 .6 4 0 .6 1 1 .0 3 0 .6 9 1 .4 P u b l i c A d m i n a n d D e f e n s e , C o m p u l s o r y S o c i a l S e c u r i t y 9 0 .7 3 0 .5 6 0 .8 - - 1 0 .1 8 1 .2 E d u c a t i o n 3 0 .2 3 0 .5 - - - - - - 3 0 .4 Hea l t h and Soc ia l W ork 2 0 .2 - - 2 0 .3 - - - - 2 0 .3 O the r Commun i t y , Soc ia l and Pe rsona l Se rv i ce Ac t i v i t i e s 7 2 5 .7 4 7 8 .2 2 5 3 .6 5 5 .9 2 8 5 .0 4 0 6 .2 P r i v a t e H o u s e h o l d s w i t h E m p l o y e d P e r s o n s 2 3 0 18 .1 4 1 7 .2 1 8 9 27 .0 9 11 .7 6 3 11 .6 1 5 8 24 .3

N o t R e p o r t e d 1 2 8 3 .2 7 7 3 .0 5 2 3 .5 8 3 .1 4 6 2 .4 7 5 4 .1

U r b a n 1 , 2 1 3 1 0 0 . 0 7 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 6 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 . 0 6 1 7 1 0 0 . 0

Agr i cu l tu re 3 2 2 26 .5 2 4 4 34 .5 7 8 15 .4 1 4 20 .9 1 5 8 29 .8 1 4 9 24 .1 Agr i cu l t u re , Hun t i ng and Fo res t r y 2 5 8 80 .1 1 8 7 76 .6 7 1 91 .0 1 3 92 .9 1 3 4 84 .8 1 1 1 74 .5 F i s h i n g 6 4 19 .9 5 7 23 .4 7 9 .0 1 7 .1 2 4 15 .2 3 8 25 .5

I ndus t ry 1 2 9 10 .6 9 1 12 .9 3 8 7 .5 2 3 .0 4 7 8 .9 8 0 13 .0 M in ing and Qua r r y i ng 5 3 .9 4 4 .4 - - - - 3 6 .4 1 1 .3 M a n u f a c t u r i n g 8 5 65 .9 4 8 52 .7 3 8 1 0 0 . 0 2 1 0 0 . 0 3 6 76 .6 4 8 60 .0 E lec t r i c i t y , Gas and W ater 3 2 .3 3 3 .3 - - - - 1 2 .1 2 2 .5 C o n s t r u c t i o n 3 6 27 .9 3 6 39 .6 - - - - 7 14 .9 2 9 36 .3

Se rv i ces 7 2 5 59 .8 3 5 1 49 .6 3 7 4 73 .8 4 9 73 .1 3 0 7 57 .9 3 6 8 59 .6 W holesa le and Re ta i l , Repa i r o f Moto r Veh ic les 4 2 9 59 .2 2 0 8 59 .3 2 2 2 59 .4 3 4 69 .4 2 2 2 72 .3 1 7 4 47 .3

a n d P e r s o n a l a n d H o u s e h o l d G o o d sH o t e l s a n d R e s t a u r a n t s 5 7 7 .9 2 2 6 .3 3 5 9 .4 4 8 .2 1 8 5 .9 3 5 9 .5 T r a n s p o r t , S t o r a g e a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n s 5 9 8 .1 5 8 16 .5 - - 1 2 .0 1 6 5 .2 4 1 11 .1 F inanc ia l In te rmed ia t ion 1 0 .1 - - 1 0 .3 - - * 0 .0 * 0 .0Rea l Es ta te , Ren t i ng and Bus iness Ac t i v i t i es 8 1 .1 6 1 .7 2 0 .5 1 2 .0 1 0 .3 6 1 .6 P u b l i c A d m i n a n d D e f e n s e , C o m p u l s o r y S o c i a l S e c u r i t y 5 0 .7 2 0 .6 3 0 .8 - - 1 0 .3 4 1 .1 E d u c a t i o n 1 0 .1 1 0 .3 - - - - - - 1 0 .3 Hea l t h and Soc ia l W ork 2 0 .3 * 0 .0 2 0 .5 - - - - 2 0 .5 O the r Commun i t y , Soc ia l and Pe rsona l Se rv i ce Ac t i v i t i e s 4 2 5 .8 3 1 8 .8 1 2 3 .2 5 10 .2 1 4 4 .6 2 4 6 .5 P r i v a t e H o u s e h o l d s w i t h E m p l o y e d P e r s o n s 1 2 1 16 .7 2 3 6 .6 9 7 25 .9 4 8 .2 3 5 11 .4 8 1 22 .0

No t repo r ted 3 6 3 .0 1 8 2 .5 1 8 3 .6 * 0 .0 1 7 3 .2 1 9 3 .1

R u r a l 2 , 8 0 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 4 1 1 0 0 . 0 9 6 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 4 0 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 2 2 0 1 0 0 . 0

Agr i cu l tu re 2 , 0 2 7 72 .3 1 , 4 7 4 80 .1 5 5 5 57 .6 1 3 7 76 .1 1 , 0 8 4 77 .2 8 0 8 66 .2 Agr i cu l t u re , Hun t i ng and Fo res t r y 1 , 8 8 3 92 .9 1 , 3 4 1 91 .0 5 4 3 97 .8 1 3 1 95 .6 1 , 0 1 7 93 .8 7 3 6 91 .1 F i s h i n g 1 4 4 7 .1 1 3 3 9 .0 1 2 2 .2 6 4 .4 6 7 6 .2 7 2 8 .9

I ndus t ry 1 3 7 4 .9 8 7 4 .7 5 0 5 .2 7 3 .9 5 4 3 .8 7 6 6 .2 M in ing and Qua r r y i ng 1 3 9 .5 1 4 16 .1 - - - - 6 11 .1 8 10 .5 M a n u f a c t u r i n g 1 0 1 73 .7 5 0 57 .5 5 0 1 0 0 . 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 4 5 83 .3 4 8 63 .2 E lec t r i c i t y , Gas and W ater 1 0 .7 1 1 .1 - - - - - - 1 1 .3 C o n s t r u c t i o n 2 2 16 .1 2 2 25 .3 - - - - 3 5 .6 1 9 25 .0

Se rv i ces 5 4 8 19 .5 2 2 7 12 .3 3 2 5 33 .7 3 1 17 .2 2 3 9 17 .0 2 8 2 23 .1 W holesa le and Re ta i l , Repa i r o f Moto r Veh ic les 3 1 7 57 .8 1 3 3 58 .6 1 8 5 56 .9 2 2 71 .0 1 7 2 72 .0 1 2 4 44 .0

a n d P e r s o n a l a n d H o u s e h o l d G o o d sH o t e l s a n d R e s t a u r a n t s 3 8 6 .9 1 2 5 .3 2 6 8 .0 - - 1 4 5 .9 2 4 8 .5 T r a n s p o r t , S t o r a g e a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n s 4 3 7 .8 3 9 17 .2 3 0 .9 3 9 .7 8 3 .3 3 1 11 .0 F inanc ia l In te rmed ia t ion 1 0 .2 1 0 .4 - - - - - - 1 0 .4 Rea l Es ta te , Ren t i ng and Bus iness Ac t i v i t i es 5 0 .9 4 1 .8 2 0 .6 - - 3 1 .3 3 1 .1 P u b l i c A d m i n a n d D e f e n s e , C o m p u l s o r y S o c i a l S e c u r i t y 4 0 .7 1 0 .4 3 0 .9 - - - - 4 1 .4 E d u c a t i o n 1 0 .2 1 0 .4 - - - - - - 1 0 .4 Hea l t h and Soc ia l W ork - - - - - - - - - - - -O the r Commun i t y , Soc ia l and Pe rsona l Se rv i ce Ac t i v i t i e s 3 0 5 .5 1 7 7 .5 1 4 4 .3 1 3 .2 1 3 5 .4 1 7 6 .0 P r i v a t e H o u s e h o l d s w i t h E m p l o y e d P e r s o n s 1 0 9 19 .9 1 9 8 .4 9 2 28 .3 5 16 .1 2 9 12 .1 7 7 27 .3

No t repo r ted 9 2 3 .3 5 7 3 .1 3 4 3 .5 7 3 .9 2 8 2 .0 5 6 4 .6

N u m b e r o f C h i l d r e n 5 - 1 7 Y e a r s O l d W h o W o r k e d D u r i n g t h e P a s t 1 2 M o n t h s , b y M a j o r I n d u s t r y G r o u p ,

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M a j o r I n d u s t r y G r o u p

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OTHER OCCUPATION OF THE OTHER OCCUPATION OF THE WORKING CHILDREN 5WORKING CHILDREN 5--17 YEARS OLD17 YEARS OLD

How many children have other occupation?How many children have other occupation?

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About 346 thousand children 5-17 years old had two occupations...

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Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Had Both Primary and Secondary Occupations During the Past 12 Months,

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Based on the results of the 2001 Survey on Children, about 346 thousand children 5-17 years old had two occupations during the period October 2000 to September 2001. (Table 1) This represents 8.6 percent of the recorded 4.0 million working children 5-17 years old during the period.

Eight in every ten working children 5-17 years old who had both primary and secondary occupations came from the rural areas. Seventy-eight percent were males.

More than half of the 346 thousand working children 5-17 years old who had two jobs belonged to the oldest age group 15-17 years old (187 thousand or 54.0%). Forty-three percent (149 thousand) were between 10 and 14 years old.

99 thousand (56.2%) were unpaid in both their primary and secondary occupations. (Tables 1 and 5) Those who were unpaid in both occupations were mostly rural-based (88.3%). Majority were males with a sex ratio of 3:1.

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Proportion of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Type of Industry of Secondary Occupation, Philippines: October 2001

Other occupation engaged in by the working children were mostly in the agriculture and as laborers and unskilled workers… Seventy-six percent (242 thousand) of the children 5-17 years old who had secondary occupation were engaged in the agriculture. (Table 2) The same proportion of children worked as laborers and unskilled workers during the past 12 months. (Table 3)

Majority of the children acquired their secondary occupation only during school vacation (34.9%). Thirty percent were short term/casual workers while more than one-fourth had permanent secondary job. (Table 4)

A total of 99 thousand children were unpaid workers in both primary and secondary occupations… About 117 thousand (33.8%) working children worked in private establishment in their secondary occupation. Another 176 thousand (50.9%) children were unpaid workers in their own household-operated business/enterprise as their other job; of which,







Total ClerksService

Workers, etc.

Farmers, Forestry

Workers and Fish.

Trades and Related Workers

Plant and Machine

Oper. and Ass.

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Total ( In Thousands) 346 1 24 66 10 3 242 *Official of the Gov't and Special Interest Orgn. Corporate Executives, Managers, Managing Proprietors and Supervisors 0.6 - - 0.2 - - 0.8 - Technicians and Associate Professionals 0.3 - - - - - 0.5 - Service Workers and Shop/Market Sales Workers 3.7 - 15.4 1.4 2.7 - 3.2 - Farmers, Forestry Workers and FIshermen 13.3 - 1.6 31.1 44.9 - 8.5 - Trades and Related Workers 1.7 - - 0.6 5.5 15.0 1.8 - Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers 1.1 - - 5.2 - - 0.2 - Laborers and Unskilled Workers 78.8 100.0 83.0 61.5 46.9 85.0 84.4 - Special Occupations 0.4 - - - - - 0.4 100.0 Not adequately defined 0.1 - - - - - 0.1 -


Secondary Occupation

Table 3. Percent of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Primary and Secondary Occupations, Phil ippines: October 2001

Primary Occupation

Total (In Thousands) 346 258 24 62 2

Agriculture 76.3 83.6 70.8 50.1 21.2Industry 5.8 5.2 9.6 6.7 17.3Services 17.6 11.0 19.6 42.7 61.5Not Adequately Defined 0.3 0.2 - 0.5 -


Services Not Adequately Defined

Table 2. Percent of Children 5 -17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Major Industry Group of Primary and Secondary Occupations, Philippines: October 2001

Major Industry Group of Secondary OccupationMajor Industry Group of Primary Occupation

AgricultureTotal Industry

Total PermanentShort term/

casualSeasonal/

school vacationWorked for diff.

employers…Others

Total (In Thousands) 346 46 117 154 25 4Permanent 25.7 60.0 22.4 17.7 32.4 -Short term/casual 29.9 17.0 60.2 13.4 19.3 -Seasonal/school vacation 34.9 15.8 10.6 59.4 21.1 100.0Worked for different employers on a day to day/week to week basis 9.5 7.2 6.8 9.6 27.2 -


Nature of Employment of Primary OccupationNature of Employment of Secondary Occupation

Table 4. Percent of Children 5 - 17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Nature of Employment of Primary and Secondary Occupations, Philippines: October 2001

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Tota l ( In Thousands) 346 29 117 1 18 1 176 4 1Worker in pr ivate household 9.0 21.5 5.1 43.6 6.7 94.8 8.9 8.9 100.0Worker in pr ivate establ ishment 26.6 26.7 27.3 56.4 22.9 - 26.6 22.6 -Worker in gov't . / gov't corporat ion 1.0 - 0.5 - - - 1.5 - -Paid worker on own household-operated ent . 1.3 - 0.4 - 1.8 - 2.2 - -Sel f -employed wi thout any paid employee 4.9 14.6 3.7 - 3.8 5.2 4.3 - -Employer in own household-operated farm/busi 0.3 - 0.4 - - - 0.3 - -Unpaid worker in own household-operated farm/busi 56.5 35.4 61.9 - 64.7 - 56.2 68.5 -Unpaid worker for other members who work for others 0.2 - 0.7 - - - - - -Homebase worker 0.2 1.9 - - - - - - -

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on Chi ldrenNote: (1) Detai ls may not add up to totals due to rounding. (2) * Less than 500

Table 5 . Percent of Chi ldren 5 - 17 Years Old Who Worked Dur ing the Past 12 Months, by Status of Employment of Pr imary and Secondary Occupat ions, Phi l ippines: October 2001

Status of Employment of Secondary Occupat ion

Status of Employment of Pr imary Occupat ion

No.% to Total

Male% to Total

Female% to Total

Urban% to Total

Rural% to Total

5-9% to Total

10-14% to Total

15-17% to Total

Total number of working children 5-17 years old 4,018 100.0 2,548 63.4 1,470 36.6 1,213 30.2 2,805 69.8 246 6.1 1,934 48.1 1,837 45.7

Children who had two occupations 346 100.0 271 78.3 75 21.7 65 18.8 281 81.2 11 3.2 149 43.1 187 54.0

Children who were unpaid in both occupations 99 100.0 77 77.9 22 22.1 12 11.7 87 88.3 8 7.8 51 51.4 40 40.8


Age Group

Table 1. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Selected Characteristics, by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group, Philippines: October 2001

Selected CharacteristicsTotal Sex Urban-Rural Residence



WORKING HOURS OF CHILDRENWORKING HOURS OF CHILDREN How much time do they spend at work?How much time do they spend at work?

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On the average, children 5-17 years old worked 1 to 4 hours per day and 3 1/2 days a week… Of the 4.0 million economically active children 5-17 years old, more than half (2.0 million) worked for 1 to 4 hours per day while 37.3 percent (1.5 million) spent 5 to 8 hours per day at work during the period October 2000 to September 2001. (Table 1) Those who reported to have engaged more than a third of their day (9 hours or more) working totaled 348 thousand or 8.7 percent of the working children.

A greater proportion of female than male children 5-17 years old worked for more than 8 hours per day (12.9% compared to 6.2%).

Working children 5-17 years old spent about 3 1/2 days per week at work, on the average. Female working children recorded a higher average number of days worked per week than their male counterpart (3.6 days compared to 3.4 days). Urban-based children, on the other hand, worked more than half day longer than those living in the rural areas (4.1 days compared to 3.2 days).

The average number of days worked per week increased with the age of the working children.

Twenty-five percent of children 5-17 years old did not only work at day time… Children 5-17 years old did not only work at day time as revealed by one in every four working children (1.0 million or 25.1%) when asked if their work includes working in evening/night time. (Table 2)

Majority of the 1.0 million night time child workers were male (55.3%) and aged 15-17 years old (56.6%). Working at night time was twice as common among urban-based children than the rural-based children (39.1% and 19.1% respectively).

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Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Normal Working Hours

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Normal Working Hours Per Day

Of these children who worked in evening or night time, nearly 30 percent “oftentimes” spent his night at work; one in every 2 children “sometimes” worked at night; while slightly more than 20 percent “rarely/seldom” engaged in any

TotalMale Female 5-9 10-14 15-17

All Areas 3.5 3.4 3.6 2.7 3.0 4.0Urban 4.1 4.0 4.2 3.2 3.6 4.5Rural 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.5 2.8 3.8

Average Number of Days Worked Per Weekof Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months,


Sex Age GroupPlace of Residence

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Proportion of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked in Evening/Night Time During the Past 12 Months, by

Frequency of Evening/Night Time Work, Philippines: October 2001


Frequency of Evening/Night

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night time economic activity. More from the urban areas than in rural areas “oftentimes” worked in the evening. The opposite is true with more children in rural areas who “sometimes or rarely/seldom” worked at night.






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N O R M A L W O R K IN G H O U R S P E R D A Y

A l l A r e a s 4 , 0 1 8 1 0 0 . 0 2 , 5 4 8 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 4 7 0 1 0 0 . 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 9 3 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 3 7 1 0 0 . 01 t o 4 h o u r s 2 , 0 5 9 5 1 . 2 1 , 2 2 6 4 8 . 1 8 3 2 5 6 . 6 2 0 6 8 3 . 7 1 , 2 2 0 6 3 . 1 6 3 2 3 4 . 45 t o 8 h o u r s 1 , 4 9 9 3 7 . 3 1 , 0 9 6 4 3 . 0 4 0 4 2 7 . 5 2 7 1 1 . 0 5 8 5 3 0 . 2 8 8 8 4 8 . 39 t o 1 0 h o u r s 2 1 6 5 . 4 9 7 3 . 8 1 1 9 8 . 1 5 2 . 0 5 1 2 . 6 1 6 0 8 . 7M o r e t h a n 1 0 h o u r s 1 3 2 3 . 3 6 1 2 . 4 7 0 4 . 8 1 0 . 4 4 0 2 . 1 9 0 4 . 9N o t r e p o r t e d 1 1 2 2 . 8 6 7 2 . 6 4 5 3 . 1 6 2 . 4 3 8 2 . 0 6 8 3 . 7

U r b a n 1 , 2 1 3 1 0 0 . 0 7 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 6 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 . 0 6 1 7 1 0 0 . 01 t o 4 h o u r s 6 2 9 5 1 . 9 3 5 7 5 0 . 5 2 7 2 5 3 . 6 5 9 8 8 . 1 3 5 3 6 6 . 6 2 1 7 3 5 . 25 t o 8 h o u r s 3 9 2 3 2 . 3 2 6 8 3 7 . 9 1 2 5 2 4 . 7 6 9 . 0 1 2 9 2 4 . 3 2 5 8 4 1 . 89 t o 1 0 h o u r s 1 0 0 8 . 2 3 9 5 . 5 6 1 1 2 . 0 1 1 . 5 1 9 3 . 6 8 0 1 3 . 0M o r e t h a n 1 0 h o u r s 6 5 5 . 4 3 0 4 . 2 3 5 6 . 9 1 1 . 5 1 5 2 . 8 4 9 7 . 9N o t r e p o r t e d 2 6 2 . 1 1 2 1 . 7 1 4 2 . 8 - - 1 3 2 . 5 1 3 2 . 1

R u r a l 2 , 8 0 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 4 1 1 0 0 . 0 9 6 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 4 0 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 2 2 0 1 0 0 . 01 t o 4 h o u r s 1 , 4 3 0 5 1 . 0 8 7 0 4 7 . 3 5 6 1 5 8 . 2 1 4 8 8 2 . 2 8 6 7 6 1 . 7 4 1 6 3 4 . 15 t o 8 h o u r s 1 , 1 0 7 3 9 . 5 8 2 8 4 5 . 0 2 7 9 2 8 . 9 2 1 1 1 . 7 4 5 6 3 2 . 5 6 3 0 5 1 . 69 t o 1 0 h o u r s 1 1 5 4 . 1 5 8 3 . 2 5 7 5 . 9 4 2 . 2 3 1 2 . 2 8 0 6 . 6M o r e t h a n 1 0 h o u r s 6 7 2 . 4 3 2 1 . 7 3 6 3 . 7 1 0 . 6 2 6 1 . 9 4 1 3 . 4N o t r e p o r t e d 8 6 3 . 1 5 5 3 . 0 3 0 3 . 1 6 3 . 3 2 5 1 . 8 5 4 4 . 4

N U M B E R O F D A Y S W O R K E D P E R W E E K

A l l a r e a s 4 , 0 1 8 1 0 0 . 0 2 , 5 4 8 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 4 7 0 1 0 0 . 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 9 3 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 3 7 1 0 0 . 01 d a y 7 4 2 1 8 . 5 4 5 1 1 7 . 7 2 9 1 1 9 . 8 6 4 2 5 . 9 4 5 1 2 3 . 3 2 2 8 1 2 . 42 d a y s 1 , 2 1 9 3 0 . 3 7 8 2 3 0 . 7 4 3 6 2 9 . 7 9 6 3 9 . 1 7 0 7 3 6 . 5 4 1 5 2 2 . 63 d a y s 3 5 8 8 . 9 2 4 2 9 . 5 1 1 7 7 . 9 2 6 1 0 . 5 1 6 4 8 . 5 1 6 8 9 . 24 d a y s 2 4 1 6 . 0 1 8 7 7 . 3 5 4 3 . 7 1 2 4 . 7 9 9 5 . 1 1 3 0 7 . 15 d a y s 3 2 2 8 . 0 2 2 9 9 . 0 9 3 6 . 3 9 3 . 7 1 1 7 6 . 1 1 9 5 1 0 . 66 d a y s 4 6 3 1 1 . 5 2 9 3 1 1 . 5 1 7 0 1 1 . 6 9 3 . 5 1 1 2 5 . 8 3 4 3 1 8 . 77 d a y s 5 6 1 1 4 . 0 2 9 7 1 1 . 7 2 6 4 1 7 . 9 2 5 1 0 . 2 2 4 5 1 2 . 7 2 9 0 1 5 . 8N o t R e p o r t e d 1 1 2 2 . 8 6 7 2 . 6 4 5 3 . 0 6 2 . 3 3 8 2 . 0 6 7 3 . 7

U r b a n 1 , 2 1 3 1 0 0 . 0 7 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 6 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 . 0 6 1 7 1 0 0 . 01 d a y 1 6 0 1 3 . 2 9 1 1 2 . 9 6 8 1 3 . 5 1 6 2 3 . 7 8 8 1 6 . 6 5 6 9 . 02 d a y s 3 1 4 2 5 . 9 1 8 7 2 6 . 5 1 2 6 2 5 . 0 2 0 3 0 . 5 1 7 0 3 2 . 1 1 2 3 2 0 . 03 d a y s 9 3 7 . 7 5 8 8 . 2 3 5 7 . 0 8 1 2 . 3 4 4 8 . 3 4 1 6 . 74 d a y s 7 1 5 . 8 5 4 7 . 6 1 7 3 . 3 3 4 . 6 3 1 5 . 9 3 6 5 . 95 d a y s 9 6 7 . 9 6 6 9 . 3 3 0 6 . 0 5 7 . 0 3 4 6 . 4 5 8 9 . 36 d a y s 1 8 4 1 5 . 2 1 0 1 1 4 . 3 8 3 1 6 . 3 3 4 . 5 3 9 7 . 3 1 4 2 2 3 . 07 d a y s 2 7 0 2 2 . 2 1 3 7 1 9 . 4 1 3 3 2 6 . 2 1 2 1 7 . 4 1 1 1 2 0 . 9 1 4 7 2 3 . 9N o t R e p o r t e d 2 6 2 . 1 1 2 1 . 7 1 4 2 . 8 - - 1 3 2 . 4 1 3 2 . 1

R u r a l 2 , 8 0 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 4 1 1 0 0 . 0 9 6 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 4 0 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 2 2 0 1 0 0 . 01 d a y 5 8 2 2 0 . 8 3 6 0 1 9 . 5 2 2 3 2 3 . 1 4 8 2 6 . 7 3 6 3 2 5 . 8 1 7 2 1 4 . 12 d a y s 9 0 5 3 2 . 3 5 9 5 3 2 . 3 3 1 0 3 2 . 2 7 6 4 2 . 3 5 3 7 3 8 . 2 2 9 2 2 3 . 93 d a y s 2 6 5 9 . 4 1 8 4 1 0 . 0 8 1 8 . 4 1 8 9 . 9 1 2 0 8 . 6 1 2 7 1 0 . 44 d a y s 1 7 1 6 . 1 1 3 3 7 . 2 3 8 3 . 9 9 4 . 8 6 8 4 . 8 9 4 7 . 75 d a y s 2 2 5 8 . 0 1 6 3 8 . 9 6 2 6 . 5 4 2 . 4 8 3 5 . 9 1 3 8 1 1 . 36 d a y s 2 8 0 1 0 . 0 1 9 2 1 0 . 4 8 8 9 . 1 6 3 . 1 7 4 5 . 2 2 0 1 1 6 . 47 d a y s 2 9 1 1 0 . 4 1 6 0 8 . 7 1 3 1 1 3 . 6 1 4 7 . 6 1 3 5 9 . 6 1 4 3 1 1 . 7N o t R e p o r t e d 8 6 3 . 1 5 5 3 . 0 3 0 3 . 1 6 3 . 2 2 5 1 . 8 5 4 4 . 5

S o u r c e : N S O , 2 0 0 1 S u r v e y o n C h i l d r e n N o t e : D e t a i l s m a y n o t a d d u p t o t o t a l s d u e t o r o u n d i n g .

1 5 - 1 7T o t a l

T a b l e 1 . N u m b e r o f C h i l d r e n 5 - 1 7 Y e a r s O l d W h o W o r k e d D u r i n g t h e P a s t 1 2 M o n t h s , b y N o r m a l W o r k i n g H o u r s P e r D a y a n d N u m b e r o f W o r k i n g D a y s P e r W e e k , b y S e x a n d A g e G r o u p , U r b a n - R u r a l : O c t o b e r 2 0 0 1

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A l l a r e a s 1 , 0 1 0 1 0 0 . 0 5 5 9 1 0 0 . 0 4 5 2 1 0 0 . 0 4 0 1 0 0 . 0 3 9 9 1 0 0 . 0 5 7 2 1 0 0 . 0O f t e n t i m e s 2 9 4 2 9 . 1 1 4 6 2 6 . 1 1 4 8 3 2 . 7 6 1 5 . 0 1 0 4 2 6 . 1 1 8 4 3 2 . 2S o m e t im e s 4 9 9 4 9 . 4 2 7 6 4 9 . 4 2 2 3 4 9 . 3 1 8 4 5 . 0 2 0 8 5 2 . 1 2 7 3 4 7 . 7R a r e l y / s e l d o m 2 1 7 2 1 . 5 1 3 5 2 4 . 2 8 2 1 8 . 1 1 6 4 0 . 0 8 6 2 1 . 6 1 1 5 2 0 . 1

U r b a n 4 7 4 1 0 0 . 0 2 4 8 1 0 0 . 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 9 1 0 0 . 0 1 7 8 1 0 0 . 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 . 0O f t e n t i m e s 1 6 5 3 4 . 8 8 3 3 3 . 5 8 3 3 6 . 9 2 1 0 . 5 5 9 3 3 . 1 1 0 5 3 8 . 0S o m e t im e s 2 1 1 4 4 . 5 1 1 3 4 5 . 6 9 7 4 3 . 1 1 2 6 3 . 2 8 4 4 7 . 2 1 1 4 4 1 . 3R a r e l y / s e l d o m 9 8 2 0 . 7 5 3 2 1 . 4 4 4 1 9 . 6 6 3 1 . 6 3 4 1 9 . 1 5 7 2 0 . 7

R u r a l 5 3 6 1 0 0 . 0 3 0 9 1 0 0 . 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 . 0 2 0 1 0 0 . 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 . 0 2 9 5 1 0 0 . 0O f t e n t i m e s 1 2 9 2 4 . 1 6 3 2 0 . 4 6 5 2 8 . 8 4 2 0 . 0 4 6 2 0 . 9 7 8 2 6 . 4S o m e t im e s 2 8 8 5 3 . 7 1 6 3 5 2 . 8 1 2 5 5 5 . 3 7 3 5 . 0 1 2 3 5 5 . 9 1 5 8 5 3 . 6R a r e l y / s e l d o m 1 1 9 2 2 . 2 8 3 2 6 . 9 3 7 1 6 . 4 1 1 5 5 . 0 5 1 2 3 . 2 5 8 1 9 . 7

S o u r c e : N S O , 2 0 0 1 S u r v e y o n C h i l d r e n N o t e : D e t a i l s m a y n o t a d d u p t o t o t a l s d u e t o r o u n d i n g .

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T a b l e 2 . N u m b e r o f C h i l d r e n 5 - 1 7 Y e a r s O l d W h o W o r k e d i n E v e n i n g / N i g h t T i m e D u r i n g t h e P a s t 1 2 M o n t h s , b y F r e q u e n c y o f E v e n i n g / N i g h t T i m e W o r k , b y S e x a n d A g e G r o u p , U r b a n - R u r a l : O c t o b e r 2 0 0 1


F r e q u e n c y o f S e x A g e G r o u pT o t a l M a l e F e m a l e 5 - 9 1 0 - 1 4 1 5 - 1 7



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by Activity During Free Time, Philippines: October 2001


1 - None 4 - Window shopping or shopping 6 - Study/read 2 - Play with friends 5 - Sleep/rest 7 - Others 3 - Go to movies/amusements centers

There was no selectivity in the choice of activity during free time among working children by sex. Sleeping/resting, playing with friends and studying/reading were common activities.

Majority of the working children had more than 10 hours of free time per week…

Among the working children who had free time, 46 percent reported to have an average of more than 10 hours of free time per week. Other working children enjoyed 9-10 hours (12.3%), 5-8 hours (25.0%) or 4 hours or less (16.7%) per week freely in their leisure activities.

Working children who had free time from work, school or housework was higher among working children living in the rural areas (2.6 million or 92.8%) than the urban-based children (1.1 million or 91.1%).

Nine out of ten working children had free time from work, school or housework... Of the 4.0 million working children aged 5-17 years old, 3.7 million (92.3%) enjoyed free time from work, school or housework during the past 12 months (October 2000 to September 2001). (Table 1) Only 197 thousand (4.9%) children had no free time at all.

The proportion of female working children having no free time at all was higher by 2 percentage points compared to their male counterpart.

A greater proportion of males (93.2%) than females (90.8%) enjoyed being free from their work/school/housework.

The proportion of working children who had free time decreased as they become older - 95.1 percent among 5-9 years old, 94.6 percent among 10-14 years old and 89.6 percent among 15-17 years old.

More than 77 percent of the working children spent their free time playing with friends… When off from work, children under 15 years old usually spent time playing with friends (87.7%). (Table 2) Those in age group 15-17 years preferred sleeping/resting during free hours (78.4%).








T o t a l 4 , 0 1 8 1 0 0 . 0 2 , 5 4 8 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 4 7 0 1 0 0 . 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 9 3 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 3 7 1 0 0 . 0 W i th f r e e h o u r s 3 , 7 0 9 9 2 . 3 2 , 3 7 3 9 3 . 2 1 , 3 3 6 9 0 . 8 2 3 4 9 5 . 1 1 , 8 2 9 9 4 . 6 1 , 6 4 6 8 9 . 6

1 - 4 h o u r s 6 1 9 1 6 . 7 3 7 4 1 5 . 8 2 4 5 1 8 . 3 3 8 1 6 . 2 3 0 7 1 6 . 8 2 7 4 1 6 . 6 5 - 8 h o u r s 9 2 9 2 5 . 0 5 7 9 2 4 . 4 3 5 0 2 6 . 2 4 8 2 0 . 7 4 5 5 2 4 . 9 4 2 5 2 5 . 9 9 - 1 0 h o u r s 4 5 6 1 2 . 3 2 7 7 1 1 . 7 1 7 9 1 3 . 4 2 7 1 1 . 6 2 4 9 1 3 . 6 1 8 0 1 0 . 9 M o r e t h a n 1 0 h o u r s 1 , 7 0 6 4 6 . 0 1 , 1 4 3 4 8 . 2 5 6 3 4 2 . 1 1 2 1 5 1 . 6 8 1 9 4 4 . 8 7 6 6 4 6 . 6

W i th o u t f r e e h o u r s 1 9 7 4 . 9 1 0 7 4 . 2 9 0 6 . 1 6 2 . 6 6 7 3 . 4 1 2 4 6 . 8 N o t r e p o r t e d 1 1 2 2 . 8 6 7 2 . 6 4 5 3 . 0 6 2 . 3 3 8 2 . 0 6 7 3 . 7

U r b a n 1 , 2 1 3 1 0 0 . 0 7 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 6 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 . 0 6 1 7 1 0 0 . 0 W i th f r e e h o u r s 1 , 1 0 5 9 1 . 1 6 5 3 9 2 . 5 4 5 2 8 9 . 2 6 5 9 6 . 8 4 9 1 9 2 . 7 5 5 0 8 9 . 1

1 - 4 h o u r s 2 1 8 1 9 . 7 1 2 4 1 9 . 0 9 3 2 0 . 7 1 6 2 4 . 4 1 0 2 2 0 . 8 1 0 0 1 8 . 1 5 - 8 h o u r s 2 5 8 2 3 . 4 1 5 3 2 3 . 4 1 0 5 2 3 . 3 1 0 1 5 . 8 1 1 1 2 2 . 7 1 3 7 2 4 . 9 9 - 1 0 h o u r s 1 1 3 1 0 . 2 6 0 9 . 1 5 4 1 1 . 9 4 6 . 8 5 6 1 1 . 4 5 3 9 . 7 M o r e t h a n 1 0 h o u r s 5 1 6 4 6 . 7 3 1 6 4 8 . 5 2 0 0 4 4 . 2 3 4 5 3 . 0 2 2 2 4 5 . 2 2 6 0 4 7 . 3

W i th o u t f r e e h o u r s 8 2 6 . 7 4 1 5 . 9 4 0 8 . 0 2 3 . 2 2 6 4 . 8 5 4 8 . 7 N o t r e p o r t e d 2 6 2 . 1 1 2 1 . 7 1 4 2 . 8 - - 1 3 2 . 4 1 3 2 . 1

R u r a l 2 , 8 0 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 4 1 1 0 0 . 0 9 6 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 4 0 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 2 2 0 1 0 0 . 0 W i th f r e e h o u r s 2 , 6 0 4 9 2 . 8 1 , 7 2 0 9 3 . 4 8 8 4 9 1 . 7 1 7 0 9 4 . 5 1 , 3 3 8 9 5 . 3 1 , 0 9 6 8 9 . 8

1 - 4 h o u r s 4 0 1 1 5 . 4 2 5 0 1 4 . 5 1 5 1 1 7 . 1 2 2 1 3 . 0 2 0 5 1 5 . 3 1 7 4 1 5 . 9 5 - 8 h o u r s 6 7 0 2 5 . 7 4 2 6 2 4 . 8 2 4 4 2 7 . 6 3 8 2 2 . 6 3 4 3 2 5 . 7 2 8 9 2 6 . 3 9 - 1 0 h o u r s 3 4 3 1 3 . 2 2 1 8 1 2 . 6 1 2 5 1 4 . 2 2 3 1 3 . 4 1 9 3 1 4 . 4 1 2 7 1 1 . 6 M o r e t h a n 1 0 h o u r s 1 , 1 9 0 4 5 . 7 8 2 7 4 8 . 1 3 6 3 4 1 . 1 8 7 5 1 . 0 5 9 7 4 4 . 6 5 0 6 4 6 . 2

W i th o u t f r e e h o u r s 1 1 5 4 . 1 6 6 3 . 6 5 0 5 . 1 4 2 . 3 4 1 2 . 9 7 0 5 . 8 N o t r e p o r t e d 8 6 3 . 1 5 5 3 . 0 3 0 3 . 1 6 3 . 2 2 5 1 . 8 5 4 4 . 5

S o u r c e : N S O , 2 0 0 1 S u r v e y o n C h i l d r e nN o t e : D e t a i l s m a y n o t a d d u p t o t o t a l s d u e t o r o u n d i n g .


T o t a l 1 3 , 7 0 9 1 0 0 . 0 2 , 3 7 3 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 3 3 6 1 0 0 . 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 2 9 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 6 4 6 1 0 0 . 0 N o n e 2 4 9 6 . 7 1 6 4 6 . 9 8 5 6 . 4 1 1 4 . 6 1 3 0 7 . 1 1 0 8 6 . 6 P l a y w i t h f r i e n d s 2 , 8 8 0 7 7 . 6 2 , 0 1 7 8 5 . 0 8 6 3 6 4 . 6 2 2 4 9 5 . 7 1 , 5 8 6 8 6 . 7 1 , 0 7 0 6 5 . 0 G o t o m o v i e s / a m u s e m e n t c e n t e r s 5 3 5 1 4 . 4 3 7 6 1 5 . 8 1 6 0 1 2 . 0 2 5 1 0 . 5 1 9 6 1 0 . 7 3 1 4 1 9 . 1 W in d o w s h o p p in g o r s h o p p i n g 1 3 2 3 . 6 5 2 2 . 2 8 0 6 . 0 1 0 . 2 3 8 2 . 1 9 4 5 . 7 S l e e p / r e s t 2 , 7 5 1 7 4 . 2 1 , 7 1 9 7 2 . 4 1 , 0 3 2 7 7 . 3 1 6 0 6 8 . 5 1 , 3 0 1 7 1 . 1 1 , 2 9 0 7 8 . 4 S t u d y / r e a d 1 , 6 3 2 4 4 . 0 8 7 6 3 6 . 9 7 5 6 5 6 . 6 1 1 6 4 9 . 7 9 1 1 4 9 . 8 6 0 5 3 6 . 8 O t h e r s 5 9 1 1 5 . 9 3 3 1 1 4 . 0 2 6 0 1 9 . 4 3 0 1 2 . 7 2 7 0 1 4 . 8 2 9 1 1 7 . 7

U r b a n 1 1 , 1 0 5 1 0 0 . 0 6 5 3 1 0 0 . 0 4 5 2 1 0 0 . 0 6 5 1 0 0 . 0 4 9 1 1 0 0 . 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 . 0 N o n e 4 7 4 . 2 3 0 4 . 6 1 7 3 . 8 1 2 . 0 1 6 3 . 2 3 0 5 . 4 P l a y w i t h f r i e n d s 7 5 4 6 8 . 2 5 1 8 7 9 . 2 2 3 6 5 2 . 3 6 1 9 4 . 2 3 9 4 8 0 . 2 2 9 9 5 4 . 4 G o t o m o v i e s / a m u s e m e n t c e n t e r s 2 2 1 2 0 . 0 1 4 0 2 1 . 4 8 1 1 7 . 9 7 1 1 . 4 8 0 1 6 . 2 1 3 4 2 4 . 3 W in d o w s h o p p in g o r s h o p p i n g 8 2 7 . 4 2 7 4 . 1 5 5 1 2 . 1 1 0 . 9 2 2 4 . 4 6 0 1 0 . 9 S l e e p / r e s t 7 9 6 7 2 . 0 4 5 8 7 0 . 2 3 3 7 7 4 . 6 4 1 6 3 . 1 3 3 5 6 8 . 2 4 2 0 7 6 . 4 S t u d y / r e a d 4 9 1 4 4 . 5 2 4 5 3 7 . 5 2 4 7 5 4 . 6 3 7 5 7 . 2 2 4 7 5 0 . 3 2 0 8 3 7 . 8 O t h e r s 2 5 8 2 3 . 4 1 3 5 2 0 . 7 1 2 3 2 7 . 2 1 3 1 9 . 8 1 1 6 2 3 . 6 1 3 0 2 3 . 6

R u r a l 1 2 , 6 0 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 7 2 0 1 0 0 . 0 8 8 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 3 3 8 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 0 9 6 1 0 0 . 0 N o n e 2 0 2 7 . 8 1 3 4 7 . 8 6 8 7 . 7 9 5 . 5 1 1 4 8 . 5 7 8 7 . 1 P l a y w i t h f r i e n d s 2 , 1 2 6 8 1 . 6 1 , 5 0 0 8 7 . 2 6 2 6 7 0 . 9 1 6 3 9 6 . 3 1 , 1 9 2 8 9 . 1 7 7 1 7 0 . 3 G o t o m o v i e s / a m u s e m e n t c e n t e r s 3 1 5 1 2 . 1 2 3 6 1 3 . 7 7 9 8 . 9 1 7 1 0 . 1 1 1 7 8 . 7 1 8 1 1 6 . 5 W in d o w s h o p p in g o r s h o p p i n g 5 1 1 . 9 2 5 1 . 4 2 6 2 . 9 - - 1 7 1 . 2 3 4 3 . 1 S l e e p / r e s t 1 , 9 5 6 7 5 . 1 1 , 2 6 1 7 3 . 3 6 9 5 7 8 . 7 1 2 0 7 0 . 5 9 6 6 7 2 . 2 8 7 0 7 9 . 4 S t u d y / r e a d 1 , 1 4 1 4 3 . 8 6 3 1 3 6 . 7 5 1 0 5 7 . 7 8 0 4 6 . 9 6 6 4 4 9 . 6 3 9 7 3 6 . 3 O t h e r s 3 3 3 1 2 . 8 1 9 6 1 1 . 4 1 3 7 1 5 . 5 1 7 1 0 . 0 1 5 4 1 1 . 5 1 6 1 1 4 . 7

S o u r c e : N S O , 2 0 0 1 S u r v e y o n C h i l d r e nN o t e : ( 1 ) D e t a i l s m a y n o t a d d u p t o t o t a l s d u e t o r o u n d i n g . ( 2 ) 1 A c h i ld is c o u n t e d o n c e u n d e r t h i s c a t e g o r y b u t m a y b e c o u n t e d u n d e r e a c h r e p o r t e d t y p e o f a c t i v i t y .

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T a b l e 1 . N u m b e r o f C h i l d r e n 5 - 1 7 Y e a r s O l d W h o W o r k e d D u r i n g t h e P a s t 1 2 M o n t h s , b y A v e r a g e N u m b e r o f F r e e H o u r s

T a b l e 2 . N u m b e r o f C h i l d r e n 5 - 1 7 Y e a r s O l d W h o W o r k e d a n d H a d L e i s u r e / R e c r e a t i o n T i m e D u r i n g t h e P a s t 1 2 M o n t h s ,

F r o m W o r k / S c h o o l / H o u s e w o r k P e r W e e k , b y S e x a n d A g e G r o u p , U r b a n - R u r a l : O c t o b e r 2 0 0 1( I n T h o u s a n d s )

A v e r a g e N u m b e r o f F r e e H o u r s F r o m W o r k / S c h o o l / H o u s e w o r k P e r W e e k

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b y A c t i v i t y D u r i n g F r e e T i m e , b y S e x a n d A g e G r o u p , U r b a n - R u r a l : O c t o b e r 2 0 0 1( I n T h o u s a n d s )

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EARNINGS OF THE WORKING CHILDRENEARNINGS OF THE WORKING CHILDREN How are they paid and how much do they earn?How are they paid and how much do they earn?

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NO.NO. 1010 Five out of 6 working children who were paid

gave earnings to their family…

More than 7 in every 10 male working children were likely to give part of their earnings to the family. The same proportion is seen among the females. More than 40 percent of working children 5-9 years old gave 100% of their income while only 36.7 percent and 20.0 percent among 10-14 years old and 15-17 years old, respectively.

About 683 thousand working children saved part of their earnings either regularly or occasionally…

Of the 1.2 million working children who gave part or none of their earnings to their family, about 683 thousand (58.3%) saved earnings during the past 12 months. (Table 3) Majority of these children (71.0%) saved occasionally.

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Basis of Payment

About 484 thousand (32.2%) paid working children received other benefits from their employers. Of the children who received benefits, 71.8 percent received meal allowance; 25.2 percent had clothing allowance; and 16.1 percent, education/training allowance. More than 40 percent of the female working children enjoyed benefits from their employers while only 26.0 percent among their male counterparts.

More than one-third of working children 5-17 years old received payment during the past 12 months...

Of the 4.0 million working children 5-17 years old, only about 1.4 million (35.2%) received remuneration based on their primary occupation. (Table 1) Majority (62.0%) worked as unpaid family workers on their own farms or businesses.

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Gross Earnings Per Week

Six in every 10 paid child workers earned less than P500 a week… Of the 1.5 million working children who got paid, six in every 10 working children (68.7% or 1.0 million) earned an average of less than P500 a week. (Table 2; data based on primary and secondary occupations) A similar proportion receiving that average weekly earning was observed for both males and females, and whether they lived in the urban or rural areas.

The average weekly earnings of working children increased with the age. Working children 15-17 years old have higher earnings than those children younger than 15 years old.

Eighty-three percent or 1.2 million working children who got paid gave earnings to their family, wholly or partly. Of this number, 26.7 percent gave all their earnings to their family.

The top two reasons why children saved were to be independent/self-reliant (37.5%) and to pay for schooling (36.7%).

Nearly half of the male child workers received their payment on a daily basis (48.0%) while almost 1 in every 7 females, on a monthly basis (13.8%). Working children 10 years or older received their pay more commonly on daily/hourly/weekly/monthly basis. Payment per piece of work, task or “pakyaw” and on a commission basis were more popular among children 9 years old or younger.







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15-17% to Total

Basis of Payment1 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 1,213 100.0 2,805 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0 Paid child workers 1,415 35.2 938 36.8 478 32.5 559 46.1 856 30.5 41 16.8 492 25.4 882 48.0

Daily 578 40.9 450 48.0 128 8.7 202 36.1 376 44.0 11 26.0 188 38.3 379 43.0

Hourly 11 0.8 8 0.9 3 0.2 8 1.4 3 0.4 2 5.3 4 0.8 5 0.6

Weekly 60 4.3 41 4.4 19 1.3 30 5.4 30 3.5 1 1.4 16 3.3 43 4.9

Monthly 254 17.9 51 5.4 203 13.8 127 22.8 126 14.7 2 3.9 40 8.2 212 24.0

Per Piece 118 8.3 89 9.5 29 2.0 54 9.6 64 7.5 8 19.8 58 11.8 51 5.8

Per task or "pakyaw" 152 10.8 108 11.5 45 3.0 44 7.9 108 12.6 7 15.7 61 12.5 84 9.6

Commission basis 111 7.8 89 9.5 22 1.5 51 9.1 60 7.0 8 19.4 54 11.0 49 5.5

Others 131 9.3 102 10.8 30 2.0 43 7.6 88 10.3 4 8.6 69 14.0 59 6.7

Unpaid child workers 2,491 62.0 1,543 60.6 948 64.5 628 51.8 1,863 66.4 199 80.8 1,404 72.6 888 48.3 Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 26 2.1 86 3.1 6 2.3 38 2.0 67 3.7


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Gross Earning Per Week1 1,504 100.0 975 100.0 529 100.0 589 100.0 915 100.0 56 100.0 536 100.0 912 100.0 Less than P 500 1,033 68.7 689 70.7 344 65.1 375 62.6 658 67.3 40 71.7 423 75.3 570 59.3

P 500 to P 999 250 16.6 169 17.3 81 15.3 115 19.5 135 14.8 - - 46 8.3 204 22.0

P 1,000 to P 1,999 88 5.9 46 4.7 41 7.8 55 9.3 33 3.6 1 1.5 10 1.7 77 8.4

P 2,000 to P 2,999 12 0.8 8 0.8 4 0.8 3 0.6 9 1.0 - - 2 0.4 10 1.1

P 3,000 to P 4,999 9 0.6 6 0.6 3 0.5 3 0.6 6 0.6 - - 1 0.2 8 0.9

P 5,000 to P 9,999 5 0.3 3 0.3 2 0.4 1 0.2 5 0.5 - - 1 0.1 5 0.5

No reported income 107 7.1 54 5.5 54 11.7 37 6.3 69 7.5 15 26.4 43 14.1 38 4.2

Additional Benefits Received 2 1,504 100.0 975 100.0 529 100.0 589 100.0 915 100.0 56 100.0 536 100.0 912 100.0

With additional benefits 484 32.2 253 26.0 231 43.7 212 36.0 273 29.8 16 28.2 163 30.5 305 33.5 Meal Allowance 348 71.8 184 72.9 163 70.6 154 72.6 194 71.2 10 65.4 112 68.4 225 73.9

Clothing allowance 122 25.2 50 19.8 72 31.1 48 22.9 74 27.0 7 45.1 43 26.1 72 23.7

Housing allowance 69 14.2 26 10.3 42 18.4 28 13.2 41 14.9 1 4.4 21 12.6 47 15.5

Medical/Hospitalization 53 11.0 29 11.5 24 10.4 23 10.7 30 11.2 2 14.7 17 10.6 33 11.0

Education/Training allowance 78 16.1 32 12.7 46 19.8 30 14.0 48 17.7 7 46.1 41 24.9 30 9.8

Annual bonus 33 6.7 12 4.7 21 8.9 18 8.7 14 5.2 * 3.1 3 2.0 29 9.5

Sick/Vacation leave with pay 10 2.0 3 1.1 7 3.0 5 2.3 5 1.7 - - 1 0.3 9 3.0

Social security 11 2.2 5 1.8 6 2.7 5 2.4 6 2.1 - - - - 11 3.5

Transportation allowance for work purposes 41 8.5 19 7.6 22 9.4 22 10.5 19 6.9 - - 13 7.8 28 9.3

Others 77 15.9 45 17.9 31 13.6 29 13.5 48 17.7 5 33.5 26 15.9 46 14.9

Without additional benefits 1,020 67.8 722 74.0 298 56.3 377 64.0 642 70.2 40 71.8 373 69.5 606 66.5

Proportion of Earnings Given to the Family 1,504 100.0 975 100.0 529 100.0 589 100.0 915 100.0 56 100.0 536 100.0 912 100.0 Children who gave earnings 1,247 82.9 815 83.6 432 81.7 458 77.8 789 86.2 39 69.2 435 81.1 773 84.8

Wholly 333 26.7 222 27.2 111 25.8 90 19.6 243 30.8 19 48.0 160 36.7 155 20.0

Partly 914 73.3 593 72.8 321 74.2 368 80.4 545 69.2 20 52.0 275 63.3 619 80.0

Children who did not give earnings 257 17.1 160 16.4 97 18.3 131 22.2 126 13.8 17 30.8 101 18.9 138 15.2


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(2) * Less than 500 (4) 2 A child is counted once under this category but may be counted under each reported type of additional benefit received.

No.% to Total

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Female% to Total

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Rural% to Total

5-9% to Total

10-14% to Total

15-17% to Total

Frequency of Saving 1,171 100.0 753 100.0 417 100.0 499 100.0 672 100.0 38 100.0 376 100.0 757 100.0 Working children who saved earnings 683 58.3 421 55.9 262 62.8 307 61.4 377 56.1 14 37.6 200 53.1 469 62.0

Regularly 198 29.0 113 26.8 85 32.6 93 30.4 105 27.9 5 32.9 50 24.9 144 30.7

Occassionally 485 71.0 308 73.2 177 67.4 213 69.6 271 72.1 9 67.2 150 75.1 325 69.3

Working children who did not save 488 41.7 332 44.1 155 37.1 193 38.7 295 43.9 23 61.1 177 47.0 288 38.0

Main Reason for Saving 683 100.0 421 100.0 262 100.0 307 100.0 377 100.0 14 100.0 200 100.0 469 100.0 To pay for schooling 251 36.7 144 34.3 106 40.6 106 34.4 145 38.6 7 46.4 84 41.9 161 34.2

To establish own business 31 4.6 20 4.9 11 4.1 13 4.1 19 4.9 1 8.5 8 4.1 22 4.6

To be independent/self-reliant 256 37.5 166 39.5 90 34.3 120 39.3 136 36.0 2 15.1 66 33.1 188 40.1

Others 145 21.2 90 21.4 55 21.0 68 22.2 77 20.5 4 30.0 42 20.9 99 21.1


Note: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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Table 2. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked and Received Payment During the Past 12 Months, by Gross Earning Per Week, by Additional Benefits Received,

Table 1. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Basis of Payment,

(In Thousands)

and Proportion of Earnings Given to the Family, by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group, Philippines: October 2001

by Frequency and Main Reason for Saving, by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group, Philippines: October 2001

Basis of Payment

Total

Table 3. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked and Gave Part or None of their Earnings to their Family During the Past 12 Months,

Gross Earning Per Week/

% to Total

Male

Frequency of Saving/ Main Reason for Saving

by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group, Philippines: October 2001

15-17% to Total

5-9% to Total

10-14% to Total

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To help in own household enterprise and to supplement family income were the top reasons why children worked…

The top two reasons why children 5-17 years old worked during the period October 2000 to September 2001 were to help in their own household enterprise and to supplement their family income.

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Almost 40 percent of the 4.0 million working children claimed that they wanted to help in their own household enterprise. Three in every 10 children revealed that they needed their job to supplement their family income and that it is important to their family well-being.

Helping in their own household enterprise was more common among female (42.7%) than male (38.0%) working children. On the other hand, a greater proportion of male (32.0%) than female working children (25.9%) expressed their need to earn to augment their family income.

By age group, a higher proportion of working children 5-14 years old (46.6%) claimed their need to help in their own household enterprise. Meanwhile, a greater proportion (36.7%) of the older working children (15-17 years old) reported augmenting the family income as their main reason for working.

The proportion of children who wanted to gain experience/acquire training and to appreciate the value of work decreased with the age of the children. The opposite is true for those children who wanted to pay for their own schooling.

A greater proportion of female than male working children admitted that they worked for their education, to help pay own family debts, and to appreciate the value of work.

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All Areas 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0To gain experience/acquire training 350 8.7 244 9.6 106 7.2 29 11.6 168 8.7 153 8.3To appreciate value of work 170 4.2 99 3.9 71 4.8 18 7.5 97 5.0 55 3.0To supplement family income/ 1,196 29.8 816 32.0 380 25.9 41 16.8 481 24.9 674 36.7 important to family well-beingTo help pay own family debts 41 1.0 23 0.9 18 1.2 3 1.3 14 0.7 24 1.3To pay own schooling 274 6.8 139 5.4 135 9.2 10 4.0 110 5.7 154 8.4To help in own household enterprise 1,596 39.7 968 38.0 628 42.7 115 46.6 901 46.6 580 31.6To earn money to establish own business 46 1.2 36 1.4 11 0.7 1 0.3 13 0.7 33 1.8Others 233 5.8 157 6.2 76 5.2 24 9.7 112 5.8 98 5.3Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 6 2.3 38 2.0 67 3.7

Urban 1,213 100.0 707 100.0 507 100.0 67 100.0 530 100.0 617 100.0To gain experience/acquire training 125 10.3 83 11.7 43 8.4 11 16.3 48 9.1 66 10.7To appreciate value of work 35 2.9 19 2.7 16 3.1 1 2.2 15 2.8 19 3.0To supplement family income/ 349 28.8 213 30.2 136 26.9 10 14.6 125 23.6 215 34.8 important to family well-beingTo help pay own family debts 21 1.7 13 1.8 8 1.5 2 3.4 6 1.1 13 2.1To pay own schooling 106 8.7 50 7.0 56 11.0 2 3.6 35 6.7 68 11.0To help in own household enterprise 438 36.1 245 34.6 194 38.2 34 51.2 239 45.2 165 26.7To earn money to establish own business 17 1.4 10 1.4 7 1.4 1 1.1 7 1.2 10 1.6Others 96 7.9 62 8.8 34 6.7 5 7.6 42 7.9 49 7.9Not reported 26 2.1 12 1.7 14 2.8 0 0.0 13 2.4 13 2.1

Rural 2,805 100.0 1,841 100.0 964 100.0 180 100.0 1,405 100.0 1,220 100.0To gain experience/acquire training 224 8.0 161 8.7 63 6.6 18 9.9 120 8.5 87 7.1To appreciate value of work 135 4.8 80 4.3 55 5.7 17 9.5 82 5.8 36 3.0To supplement family income/ 847 30.2 602 32.7 244 25.4 32 17.6 356 25.3 459 37.6 important to family well-beingTo help pay own family debts 21 0.7 10 0.6 10 1.1 1 0.5 9 0.6 11 0.9To pay own schooling 169 6.0 89 4.8 80 8.3 7 4.1 75 5.3 86 7.1To help in own household enterprise 1,158 41.3 723 39.3 434 45.1 81 44.8 662 47.1 416 34.0To earn money to establish own business 29 1.0 25 1.4 4 0.4 0 0.0 6 0.4 23 1.9Others 137 4.9 95 5.1 43 4.4 19 10.5 69 4.9 49 4.0Not reported 86 3.1 55 3.0 30 3.1 6 3.2 25 1.8 54 4.5


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About 2.4 million working children 5-17 years old were exposed to hazardous environment….

A total of 2.4 million (59.4%) of the 4.0 million children 5-17 years old who worked during the period October 2000 to September 2001 were exposed to hazardous environment. (Table 1)

A greater percentage (62.5%) of children living in the rural areas were exposed to hazardous environment than their urban counterparts (52.4%). Sixty-five percent of the male working children reported to have been exposed to any hazardous environment during the past 12 months while only 48.6 percent of the female children were in the same category.

Nearly 10 percent (237 thousand) were exposed to the three forms of hazards.

About 1.0 million or 42.5 percent of the 2.4 million working children were exposed to more than one type of environmental hazards at work. Of this number, 16.0 percent (382 thousand) reported exposure to both chemical and physical hazards, 14.7 percent (352 thousand) on physical and biological hazards, while 1.8 percent (43 thousand) on chemical and biological hazards.

Venn Diagram of Working Children 5-17 Years Old In Hazardous Environment, Philippines: October 2001


Physical Hazards

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Physical hazards affected 85 percent of the children… Eighty-five percent (2.0 million) of the 2.4 million working children who were exposed to hazardous environment reported that their exposure were in the forms of physical hazards. (Table 2) This includes temperature/humidity (71.1%), slip/trip/fall hazards (17.0%), noise (15.6%), radiation/ultraviolet/microwave (8.8%) and pressure (5.4%). About 35 percent (833 thousand) of the total children claimed to have been exposed to chemicals. The most common forms which affected 65.0 percent of children exposed to chemical hazards were dusts (silica dust, sawdust, etc.). Likewise, 31.3 percent of the children were affected by mist/fumes/vapors. Biological hazards, on the other hand, affected more than 3 in every 10 working children (774 thousand or 32.4%). While 1 in every 2 biologically exposed children complained of fungal and bacterials (55.4% and 54.2%, respectively), more than 20 percent identified the parasitic and viral biological hazard forms (24.1% and 20.4%, respectively).

Four in every 10 working children were exposed to more than one type of environmental hazards…





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Total Number of Working Children 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 1,213 100.0 2,805 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0

Exposed to Any Hazardous Environment 1 2,388 59.4 1,673 65.7 714 48.6 636 52.4 1,752 62.5 132 53.5 1,136 58.7 1,120 61.0

Exposed to: Chemical Hazards only 171 7.2 125 7.5 46 6.5 69 10.9 102 5.8 10 7.9 86 7.6 75 6.7Physical Hazards only 1,061 44.4 727 43.4 334 46.8 244 38.3 817 46.6 54 40.9 532 46.9 475 42.4Biological Hazards only 142 6.0 93 5.6 49 6.9 21 3.3 121 6.9 9 6.8 66 5.8 68 6.0Chemical and Physical Hazards 382 16.0 286 17.1 96 13.4 165 25.9 218 12.4 7 5.5 144 12.7 231 20.6Chemical and Biological Hazards 43 1.8 28 1.7 15 2.1 11 1.7 32 1.8 1 1.1 25 2.2 17 1.5Physical and Biological Hazards 352 14.7 234 14.0 118 16.4 57 9.0 294 16.8 37 28.1 188 16.5 127 11.3Chemical, Biological and Physical Hazards 237 9.9 181 10.8 56 7.9 69 10.8 168 9.6 13 9.7 95 8.4 129 11.5

Not exposed to any hazardous environment 1,519 37.8 807 31.7 711 48.4 551 45.4 967 34.5 109 44.2 760 39.3 649 35.3Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 26 2.1 86 3.1 6 2.3 38 2.0 67 3.7

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on ChildrenNote: (1) Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

(2) 1 A child is counted once under this category if he/she is exposed to any chemical, physical or biological hazard.

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Exposed to Any Hazardous Environment 1 2,388 100.0 1,673 100.0 714 100.0 636 100.0 1,752 100.0 132 100.0 1,136 100.0 1,120 100.0

Exposed to Chemical hazards 2 833 34.9 620 37.0 214 29.9 314 49.4 519 29.6 32 24.2 350 30.8 452 40.3Dust (silica dust, sawdust, etc.) 542 65.0 379 61.2 163 76.1 230 73.4 311 59.9 27 84.7 226 64.5 289 64.0Liquid (oil, gasoline, mercury, etc.) 73 8.7 64 10.4 8 3.8 38 12.1 35 6.7 1 4.2 18 5.0 54 11.9Mist/Fumes/Vapors 261 31.3 211 34.1 50 23.4 70 22.4 191 36.7 3 10.7 108 30.7 150 33.3Gas (oxygen, ammonia) 35 4.2 30 4.9 4 2.1 18 5.6 17 3.3 1 2.7 12 3.3 22 4.9Others 61 7.3 46 7.4 15 7.2 25 7.8 36 7.0 2 5.6 23 6.6 36 8.0

Exposed to Physical hazards 2 2,032 85.1 1,428 85.3 604 84.5 535 84.1 1,497 85.4 111 84.2 959 84.5 961 85.8Noise 316 15.6 182 12.7 134 22.2 191 35.7 125 8.4 12 10.8 123 12.8 181 18.8Temperature/humidity 1,445 71.1 1,040 72.9 405 67.0 316 59.0 1,129 75.4 83 74.5 700 73.0 662 68.8Pressure 110 5.4 71 5.0 39 6.4 63 11.8 47 3.1 4 3.5 36 3.7 70 7.3Inadequate illumination/lighting 39 1.9 28 2.0 10 1.7 10 1.9 28 1.9 2 1.4 20 2.0 17 1.8Slip/trip/fall hazards 345 17.0 263 18.4 82 13.6 78 14.5 268 17.9 34 30.2 164 17.1 148 15.4Insufficient exit for prompt exit 14 0.7 10 0.7 4 0.6 7 1.4 6 0.4 - 0.0 7 0.7 7 0.7Congested lay-out 17 0.9 11 0.7 7 1.1 10 1.9 7 0.5 - 0.0 5 0.5 13 1.3Radiation/ultraviolet/microwave 178 8.8 122 8.6 56 9.2 44 8.2 134 9.0 8 6.9 82 8.6 88 9.1Others 178 8.8 129 9.1 49 8.1 48 9.0 130 8.7 11 9.7 80 8.4 87 9.1

Exposed to Biological hazards 2 774 32.4 536 32.0 238 33.3 158 24.8 616 35.2 60 45.7 373 32.9 340 30.4Viral 158 20.4 107 20.0 51 21.4 39 24.6 119 19.4 17 27.6 76 20.4 65 19.2Bacterials 419 54.2 280 52.3 139 58.4 82 52.0 337 54.7 35 57.4 198 53.1 186 54.7Fungal 429 55.4 299 55.7 130 54.7 76 48.5 352 57.2 29 48.4 210 56.3 189 55.7Parasitic 186 24.1 138 25.7 49 20.5 29 18.4 157 25.5 17 28.9 89 23.8 80 23.5Others 34 4.4 25 4.6 10 4.1 11 7.2 23 3.7 3 4.2 18 4.9 14 4.0

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on ChildrenNote: (1) Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

(2) 1 A child is counted once under this category if he/she is exposed to any chemical, physical or biological hazard.

(3) 2 A child is counted once under this category but may be counted under each reported type of hazard.

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Table 2. Number of Children 5 - 17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Type of Hazard,by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group: October 2001

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Table 1. Number of Children 5 - 17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Exposure to Hazardous Environment,by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group: October 2001

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WORKWORK--RELATED PROBLEMS RELATED PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY WORKING CHILDRENENCOUNTERED BY WORKING CHILDREN

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Proportion of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Problems Encountered at Work, Urban-Rural, Philipines:

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More than half of the working children encountered work-related problems ... Of the 4.0 million working children during the period October 2000 to September 2001, about 2.4 million (59.4%) encountered work-related problems. Nearly 1.5 million (37.8%) children did not report any work-related problem while the rest (112 thousand or 2.8%) are non-response.

Based on the results of the 2001 Survey on Children, male working children were more likely to encounter work-related problems than their female counterpart (65.6% compared to 48.7%).

The percentage of working children encountering work-related problems increased as the age become older.

Boredom at work is the most common problem among working children ...

Of the 2.4 million working children who encountered work-related problems, about 1.5 million (37.6%) reported that they were bored with their work. Those who found their work stressful totaled 1.4 million (35.8%) children. Another 1.1 million (27.0%) children said that they did heavy physical work while 828 thousand (20.6%) children complained of risky or dangerous work.

Proportion of work-related problems is higher for children from the rural areas …

The proportion of children who had work-related problems was higher in the rural areas than in urban areas (61.3% compared to 54.9%).

However, a greater proportion of male working children coming from the urban areas than their rural counterpart reported that their work during the past 12 months was risky or dangerous (26.4% vs. 25.7%). In a similar manner, 12.2 percent of urban-based working children 5-9 years old complained of heavy physical work while only 9.1 percent among the rural-based working children 5-9 years old.





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Total working children 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0

With problem encountered 2,387 59.4 1,671 65.6 716 48.7 115 46.6 1,065 55.1 1,207 65.7 Doing heavy physical work 1,085 27.0 883 34.7 202 13.7 25 10.0 408 21.1 652 35.5 Work is stressful 1,438 35.8 1,011 39.7 428 29.1 48 19.4 630 32.6 761 41.4 Bored with work 1,510 37.6 994 39.0 516 35.1 72 29.4 690 35.7 748 40.7 Work is risky/dangerous 828 20.6 660 25.9 168 11.4 33 13.4 327 16.9 468 25.5

No problem 1,520 37.8 810 31.8 710 48.3 126 75.5 831 43.0 563 30.6 Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 6 2.2 38 2.0 67 3.7

Urban

Total working children 1,213 100.0 707 100.0 507 100.0 67 100.0 530 100.0 617 100.0

With problem encountered 666 54.9 451 63.9 215 42.4 28 41.6 261 49.2 378 61.3 Doing heavy physical work 269 22.2 220 31.1 50 9.8 8 12.2 84 15.8 178 28.8 Work is stressful 378 31.2 259 36.6 120 23.7 12 17.9 133 25.1 234 37.9 Bored with work 411 33.9 260 36.8 151 29.9 14 21.3 162 30.6 235 38.2 Work is risky/dangerous 224 18.5 186 26.4 38 7.5 6 8.9 76 14.4 142 23.1

No problem 521 42.9 243 34.4 277 54.8 39 58.4 256 48.3 226 36.6 Not reported 26 2.1 12 1.7 14 2.8 - - 13 2.4 13 2.1

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Total working children 2,805 100.0 1,841 100.0 964 100.0 180 100.0 1,405 100.0 1,220 100.0

With problem encountered 1,720 61.3 1,220 66.2 501 52.0 87 48.4 804 57.3 829 67.9 Doing heavy physical work 815 29.1 663 36.0 152 15.8 16 9.1 325 23.1 475 38.9 Work is stressful 1,060 37.8 752 40.8 308 32.0 36 20.0 497 35.4 527 43.2 Bored with work 1,099 39.2 734 39.9 365 37.8 58 32.4 528 37.6 513 42.0 Work is risky/dangerous 604 21.5 474 25.7 130 13.5 27 15.1 251 17.9 326 26.7

No problem 999 35.6 567 30.8 432 44.9 87 48.4 575 40.9 337 27.6 Not reported 86 3.1 55 3.0 30 3.1 6 3.2 25 1.8 54 4.5


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WORKING CHILDREN USING TOOLS AND WORKING CHILDREN USING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT IN THEIR WORKEQUIPMENT IN THEIR WORK

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Six out of ten working children used tools/equipment in their work ... Of the 4.0 million working children, about 2.4 million (60.8%) reported that they used tools/equipment in their work. Seven out of ten working children who used equipment were males.

Working children belonging to older age group (10-14 years old, 48.8% and 15-17 years old, 47.0%) comprised the bulk of children using tools/equipment. Those children who were 5-9 years old represented only 4 percent of the total.

Of the 2.4 million working children who used tools/equipment in their work, about 1.6 million (66.1%) children reported that they used bolo/knife. Both areas, urban and rural, reported high proportion of working children using this tool. (Table 1)

Bolo/knife was the most commonly used tool/equipment by the working children ...

One in every two working children provided their own safety device …

More than half (453 thousand or 52.5%) of the working children who used safety device in the course of their work reported that they provided for their own protection. Employer as safety device provider was reported by less than 15 percent or 126 thousand children.

More than one-third of the working children who used tools/equipment were provided with safety device/equipment …

About 863 thousand (35.3%) of the 2.4 million working children who used tools/equipment were provided with safety device/equipment/material in their work. (Table 2) Seven in every ten of these working children were males.

Area-wise, working children in urban areas had higher percentage in the usage of safety devices (39.3%) than their rural counterparts (34.2%).

Almost five in every ten working children using safety device used helmet/cap …

Helmet/cap was the most popular safety device among the working children as revealed by 402 thousand (46.6%) working children. Next in rank were protective clothing and gloves with 252 thousand (29.2%) and 160 thousand (18.5%) users, respectively.

Bolo/Knife 1,615 1,141 473 260 1,354

Sickle or Karet 596 470 126 55 541

Dulos 161 113 47 16 144

Linkao 146 118 28 12 134

Rake 122 94 28 23 99


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Total 1 2,443 100.0 1,720 100.0 723 100.0 511 100.0 1,933 100.0 102 100.0 1,193 100.0 1,148 100.0Circular saw 11 0.4 10 0.6 * 0.0 4 0.7 7 0.4 - - 2 0.2 9 0.7Plate Printing machine 1 0.0 1 0.0 - - - - 1 0.0 - - 1 0.0 - -Linkao 146 6.0 118 6.8 28 3.9 12 2.4 134 6.9 4 4.0 63 5.3 79 6.8Sickle or Karet 596 24.4 470 27.3 126 17.5 55 10.7 541 28.0 14 13.3 289 24.2 293 25.5Dulos 161 6.6 113 6.6 47 6.5 16 3.2 144 7.5 9 8.8 88 7.4 64 5.5Axe 90 3.7 82 4.7 9 1.2 11 2.1 79 4.1 2 2.2 34 2.9 54 4.7Pick 72 3.0 60 3.5 12 1.7 15 3.0 57 2.9 5 4.7 29 2.4 39 3.4Bolo/Knife 1,615 66.1 1,141 66.4 473 65.4 260 51.0 1,354 70.1 69 68.0 806 67.5 739 64.4Steel Fork 42 1.7 33 1.9 9 1.3 14 2.8 28 1.4 1 0.5 16 1.4 25 2.2Rake 122 5.0 94 5.5 28 3.9 23 4.5 99 5.1 3 2.7 45 3.8 75 6.5Hacksaw 9 0.4 9 0.5 - - 4 0.7 5 0.3 - - 1 0.1 8 0.7Hammer 74 3.0 66 3.9 7 1.0 32 6.3 41 2.1 2 1.8 17 1.4 55 4.8Saw and Blade 30 1.2 26 1.5 4 0.6 15 3.0 15 0.8 - - 6 0.5 24 2.1Scissors 119 4.9 42 2.4 77 10.6 64 12.4 55 2.9 4 4.1 41 3.4 74 6.4Shear 14 0.6 12 0.7 2 0.3 4 0.8 10 0.5 - - 7 0.6 7 0.6Mallet 15 0.6 12 0.7 3 0.3 7 1.4 8 0.4 - - 6 0.5 9 0.8Cutter 52 2.1 35 2.0 18 2.5 25 4.9 27 1.4 1 0.6 14 1.2 38 3.3Crow bar 32 1.3 29 1.7 3 0.4 10 2.0 21 1.1 * 0.4 8 0.7 23 2.0Welding tools 8 0.3 8 0.5 - - 5 0.9 4 0.2 - - 3 0.3 5 0.5Blow/Acetylene 6 0.3 6 0.4 - - 1 0.3 5 0.3 - - * 0.0 6 0.5Torch 11 0.5 11 0.6 1 0.1 5 1.0 6 0.3 - - 6 0.5 6 0.5Others 865 35.4 650 37.8 215 29.7 248 48.5 617 31.9 30 29.6 383 32.1 451 39.3

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on ChildrenNote: (1) Details may not add up to totals due to rounding (2) * Less than 500 (3) 1 A child is counted once under this category but may be counted under each reported type of tool/equipment.

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Type of SafetyDevice/Equipment/Material Used

Total 1 863 100.0 609 100.0 254 100.0 201 100.0 662 100.0 31 100.0 375 100.0 457 100.0Safety helmet/hair caps 402 46.6 289 47.4 113 44.5 80 40.0 322 48.6 23 74.1 190 50.8 189 41.3Goggles/spectacles 29 3.4 28 4.6 1 0.3 7 3.7 22 3.3 1 4.4 4 1.1 24 5.2Gloves 160 18.5 114 18.7 46 18.1 63 31.3 97 14.7 * 1.1 39 10.5 120 26.3Earplugs and earmuffs 2 0.2 2 0.3 - - 1 0.3 2 0.2 - - 1 0.2 2 0.3Safety shoes/boots/footguards 104 12.1 80 13.1 24 9.6 31 15.2 74 11.1 3 8.1 33 8.8 69 15.0Respirator 2 0.3 2 0.4 - - 1 0.3 2 0.3 - - * 0.1 2 0.4Face shield 47 5.4 34 5.5 13 5.2 12 5.7 35 5.3 * 1.1 19 5.1 27 5.9Overall/apron 57 6.7 19 3.2 38 15.0 35 17.5 22 3.4 - - 10 2.7 47 10.3Protective clothing 252 29.2 172 28.3 80 31.6 40 19.7 213 32.1 4 12.8 116 31.0 132 28.9Life vest 7 0.8 7 1.2 - - 1 0.7 6 0.9 - - 3 0.9 4 0.8Others 207 24.0 147 24.0 61 24.0 46 23.0 161 24.3 5 16.6 97 26.0 105 23.0

Material ProviderAll areas 863 100.0 609 100.0 254 100.0 201 100.0 662 100.0 31 100.0 375 100.0 457 100.0

Employer 126 14.5 85 14.0 40 15.9 61 30.4 64 9.7 1 4.8 29 7.8 95 20.7Self 453 52.5 327 53.7 126 49.8 88 43.9 365 55.2 14 45.7 174 46.5 265 58.0Others 284 33.0 197 32.4 87 34.4 51 25.3 234 35.3 15 49.5 170 45.5 99 21.6

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on ChildrenNote: (1) Details may not add up to totals due to rounding (2) * Less than 500 (3) 1 A child is counted once under this category but may be counted under each reported type of safety device/equipment/material.

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by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group: October 2001

Selected Characteristics

Age Group

Table 1. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked and Who Used Tools/Equipment at Work During the Past 12 Months,by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group: October 2001

(In Thousands)

Type of Tools/Equipment

Age Group

Table 2. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Selected Characteristics,

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INJURIES/ILLNESSES AT WORKINJURIES/ILLNESSES AT WORK Who pays for the hospitalization/medication?Who pays for the hospitalization/medication?

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NO.NO. 1515

About 942 thousand working children aged 5-17 years old suffered from work related injuries… Of the 4.0 million working children, 942 thousand (23.4%) suffered from work-related injuries; the percentage being higher in rural (26.8%) than in urban (15.6%) areas. (Table 1) More males (26.7%) than females (17.8%) suffered from work-related injuries.

Nearly 60 percent of the 942 thousand injured children suffered from cuts. Those who got wounds or punctures comprised 45.6 percent of the injured children. Twenty-two percent complained of contusions, bruises, hematoma and abrasion.

A little less than those who got injured reported being ill due to work…

About two in every ten (754 thousand or 18.8%) working children reported being ill due to work-related factors. There were more males (20.6%) than females (15.6%) who got ill. Moreover, rural working children (21.2%) were more prone to work-related illnesses than urban working children (13.0%).

The proportion of working children suffering from work-related illnesses increased with the age. As expected, older children were more exposed to heavier and varied types of work.

The most common illnesses reported by 754 thousand children who got ill were body aches and pains (72.3%) and skin diseases (37.5%). Nine percent complained of respiratory problems.

Injured or ill working children were usually given first aid treatment … The number of working children aged 5-17 years old who suffered from either work-related injuries or illnesses or both totaled to 1.1M. Of this number, 803 thousand (70.7%) received treatment. (Table 2)

The most common treatment received by 803 thousand children was only first-aid treatment (88.0%). Only one in every 100 children was recorded to have been confined to a hospital due to work-related injuries or illnesses.

The proportion of children who received treatment as an out-patient was higher in the urban (16.8%) than in rural (8.9%) areas. The trend is reversed for those who got confined.

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Parents usually pay for the treatment of their ill or injured working children… More than half a million of the ill or injured working children were treated at the expense of their parents (555 thousand). This translates to seven in every ten working children who received treatment from work-related injuries or illnesses during the period. Around four in every ten treated working children paid from their own pockets. Only a small percentage (7.2%) was treated at the expense of their employers.

Working children who got injured or ill due to work were still able to continue working… A total of 673 thousand children who were treated were able to continue working (83.8%). However, there were also those who temporarity stopped from work (128 thousand or 15.9%).

Those who temporarily stopped from work were away for less than 2 weeks… Eighty-five percent (109 thousand) of the 128 thousand working children who temporarily stopped from work reported an absence of 2 weeks. (Table 3) Eleven percent (14 thousand), on the other hand, were not able to work for 30 days or longer.





PHIL IPPINES

Total working chi ldren 5-17 years old 4,018 100.0 2 ,548 100.0 1 ,470 100.0 1 ,213 100.0 2 ,805 100.0 246 100.0 1 ,934 100.0 1 ,837 100.0

Chi ldren who suffered from work-re latedinjury/il lness 1,136 28.3 802 31.5 334 22.7 246 20.3 890 31.7 67 27.2 508 26.3 561 30.5

Chi ldren who suffered from work-re latedinjury 1 942 23.4 680 26.7 262 17.8 189 15.6 753 26.8 54 22.0 422 21.8 466 25.4 Contusions, bruises, hematoma, abrasions 208 22.1 144 21.2 64 24.3 32 17.1 175 23.3 13 24.5 93 22.1 101 21.8 Cuts 558 59.2 386 56.7 172 65.7 98 51.7 460 61.1 32 59.5 245 58.0 281 60.3 W ounds/punctures 429 45.6 324 47.7 105 40.0 62 32.5 368 48.9 23 42.3 200 47.4 206 44.3 Amputat ion, loss of body parts 2 0.2 2 0.2 - - - - 2 0.2 - - * 0.1 1 0.3 Crushing injuries 35 3.7 29 4.2 6 2.4 8 4.5 26 3.5 1 1.6 16 3.9 18 3.8 D islocations, fractures, sprains 51 5.4 43 6.4 7 2.9 10 5.2 41 5.4 1 1.6 19 4.5 31 6.6 Burns 72 7.6 39 5.7 33 12.6 22 11.4 50 6.7 5 9.7 25 5.9 42 9.0 Others 24 2.5 16 2.4 8 2.9 10 5.4 13 1.8 1 2.3 12 2.8 10 2.2

Chi ldren who suffered from work-re latedil lness 1 754 18.8 524 20.6 230 15.6 158 13.0 595 21.2 38 15.4 326 16.9 390 21.2 Skin diseases 282 37.5 196 37.4 86 37.6 34 21.4 248 41.7 19 50.8 132 40.6 131 33.6 Body aches/pains 545 72.3 385 73.6 159 69.4 113 71.6 432 72.5 22 58.8 228 69.9 295 75.6 Eye strain/eyesight impairment 9 1.2 6 1.2 3 1.4 4 2.7 5 0.8 - - 1 0.5 8 2.0 Hear ing impai rment 5 0.7 4 0.8 1 0.4 1 0.5 4 0.7 * 1.1 2 0.5 3 0.7 Respiratory 68 9.0 46 8.8 22 9.5 17 10.7 51 8.6 5 14.3 32 9.8 31 7.8 Gastro-intestinal 21 2.8 15 2.9 6 2.6 10 6.1 11 1.9 - - 8 2.4 13 3.3 Others 77 10.2 52 10.0 25 10.7 18 11.6 58 9.8 2 6.5 36 11.1 38 9.8

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on Chi ldren Note: (1) Detai ls may not add up to tota ls due to rounding. (2) * Less than 500 (3) 1 A chi ld is counted once under this category but may be counted under each reported type of in jury/ i l lness.

PHIL IPPINES

Type of Treatment ReceivedTotal 803 100.0 568 100.0 235 100.0 172 100.0 631 100.0 45 100.0 372 100.0 386 100.0

First aid 706 88.0 503 88.5 204 86.9 142 82.3 565 89.6 41 91.8 331 89.0 334 86.6 Out-pat ient 85 10.6 59 10.4 26 11.1 29 16.8 56 8.9 3 6.2 36 9.6 46 12.0 Conf inement 10 1.2 7 1.2 3 1.2 1 0.9 8 1.3 - - 4 1.1 5 1.4 Not Repor ted 2 0.2 - - 2 0.8 - - 2 0.3 1 2.0 1 0.3 - -

Person Who Paid for the Treatment 1

Total 803 100.0 568 100.0 235 100.0 172 100.0 631 100.0 45 100.0 372 100.0 386 100.0 Employer 58 7.2 31 5.5 26 11.2 26 15.1 32 5.0 3 6.2 12 3.3 43 11.1 Parent 555 69.1 400 70.4 155 66.1 102 59.6 452 71.7 40 90.4 286 76.8 229 59.2 Sel f 311 38.8 230 40.5 81 34.7 66 38.2 246 39.0 9 20.1 119 32.0 183 47.5 Others 40 5.0 31 5.5 9 3.9 6 3.3 35 5.5 2 4.6 23 6.2 15 3.9

Result of Injury/I l lnessTotal 803 100.0 568 100.0 235 100.0 172 100.0 631 100.0 45 100.0 372 100.0 386 100.0

Not ser ious, cont inued working 673 83.8 469 82.6 203 86.7 145 84.2 528 83.7 42 94.1 322 86.5 309 80.0 Stopped work temporar i ly 128 15.9 97 17.0 31 13.2 27 15.4 101 16.0 3 5.9 50 13.5 75 19.4 Stopped work permanent ly 2 0.2 2 0.3 * 0.1 1 0.4 1 0.2 - - - - 2 0.5 Not repor ted 1 0.1 1 0.1 - - - - 1 0.1 - - - - 1 0.1

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on Chi ldren Note: (1) Detai ls may not add up to tota ls due to rounding. (2) * Less than 500 (3) 1 A chi ld is counted once under th is category but may be counted under each reported person who paid for the t reatment.

PHIL IPPINES

Total 128 100.0 97 100.0 31 100.0 27 100.0 101 100.0 3 100.0 50 100.0 75 100.0 Less than 5 days 56 44.2 41 42.5 15 49.5 13 48.3 44 43.2 2 56.8 24 47.6 31 41.6 5 days to 14 days 53 41.4 42 43.9 10 33.7 10 37.5 43 42.5 1 25.2 20 40.5 32 42.7 15 days to 29 days 4 3.1 2 1.7 2 7.5 1 2.8 3 3.2 - - 1 2.7 3 3.5 30 days or more 14 11.2 11 11.8 3 9.3 3 11.4 11 11.1 * 17.9 5 9.3 9 12.2

Source: NSO, 2001 Survey on Chi ldren Note: (1) Detai ls may not add up to tota ls due to rounding. (2) * Less than 500

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Table 1 . Number of Chi ldren 5-17 Years Old Who Worked Dur ing the Past 12 Months, by Type of Work-Related In jur ies/ I l lneses,by Sex, Urban-Rura l Residence and Age Group: October 2001

Urban-Rura l Residence

( In Thousands)

Type of Work-Related Injur ies/I l lnesses

Sex Age Group

Table 3 . Number of Chi ldren 5-17 Years Old Who Suf fered From Work-Related In jury or I l lnesses and Temporar i ly Stopped From Worked Dur ing the Past 12 Months,

( In Thousands)

10-14Number o f Days S topped W orkingTotal

Sex Urban-Rura l Residence Age Group

by Selected Character ist ics , by Sex, Urban-Rural Residence and Age Group: October 2001Table 2 . Number of Chi ldren 5-17 Years Old Who Worked and Received Treatment From Work-Related In jury or I l lness Dur ing the Past 12 Months,

( In Thousands)

15-17

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WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING CONDITIONS OF CHILDREN 5OF CHILDREN 5--17 YEARS OLD 17 YEARS OLD

Which areas need to be improved?Which areas need to be improved?

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NO.NO. 1616 reported the same area for improvement of their working

condition. Other areas for improvement were unsanitary surrounding (8.9%), flooding of work area (8.7%), too noisy (7.4%) and no rest day (7.2%).

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Philippines: 1995 and 2001


About 1.2 million working children 5-17 years old wanted some improvement in their working condition... About 1.2 million (30.1%) of the 4.0 million children 5-17 years old who worked during the period October 2000 to September 2001 expressed a need for improved working condition. This increased by 14.4 percentage points from the proportion of working children who wanted some improvement in their working condition recorded in July 1995.

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Next to low payment, child workers also complained of extreme heat in their working areas and wanted improvement in this area (376 thousand or 31.1%). Almost 37 percent (295 thousand) of the working children in the rural areas revealed that they experienced extreme heat in their workplace while only 20.1 percent (81 thousand) of the urban-based children. This was also identified by male working children as well as children younger than 10 years old.

Long working hours was also reported by nearly one in every five working children 5-17 years old (225 thousand or 18.6%). Female working children were more likely to admit that they suffered long working hours during the period and would not want to experience the same problem in the future. A greater proportion of children 15-17 years old (20.9%) than those 5-9 years old (15.1%) and 10-14 years old (15.3%)

Low payment as the priority area for improvement of children’s working condition… Majority or 46.3 percent (561 thousand) of the children who expressed a need for an improved working condition said that they wanted an increase in their salary or payment. This is true for both male and female working children or whether they lived in the urban or rural areas.





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Al l A reas 4 , 0 1 8 1 0 0 . 0 2 , 5 4 8 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 4 7 0 1 0 0 . 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 9 3 4 1 0 0 . 0 1 , 8 3 7 1 0 0 . 0

C h i l d r e n w h o w a n t e d i m p r o v e m e n t 1 , 2 1 1 30 .1 7 7 1 30 .2 4 4 0 29 .9 3 8 15 .4 4 6 1 23 .8 7 1 2 38 .7i n t h e i r w o r k i n g c o n d i t i o n 1

Long wo rk ing hou rs 2 2 5 18 .6 1 2 5 16 .2 1 0 0 22 .7 6 15 .1 7 1 15 .3 1 4 9 20 .9O d d w o r k i n g h o u r s 5 0 4.1 3 3 4.3 1 7 3.8 2 4 .5 1 7 3.7 3 1 4.4Low pay 5 6 1 46 .3 3 5 5 46 .1 2 0 6 46 .7 9 22 .5 1 4 9 32 .3 4 0 3 56 .6No res t day 8 7 7.2 3 4 4.4 5 4 12 .2 2 5 .0 2 2 4.8 6 3 8.9Exposure to chemica l 5 3 4 .4 4 6 6.0 7 1 .5 1 2 .4 1 8 3.9 3 4 4.8Conges ted lay -ou t 1 0 0 .8 5 0 .7 5 1 .0 - - 3 0 .7 6 0 .9Inadequate vent i la t ion 4 4 3.6 2 4 3.1 2 0 4.6 2 6 .4 1 4 3.1 2 7 3.8Inadequate l igh t ing 2 0 1.7 1 3 1.7 7 1 .7 1 1 .9 1 1 2.4 8 1 .2Inadequa te work ing space 5 7 4.7 2 6 3.4 3 1 7.1 3 7 .9 2 6 5.6 2 9 4.0Lack o f c lean wa te r supp ly 6 1 5 .0 3 8 4.9 2 3 5.3 4 11 .2 2 5 5.5 3 2 4.4Too no isy 8 9 7.4 4 2 5.5 4 7 10 .6 2 5 .0 3 3 7.1 5 5 7.7Unsan i ta ry su r round ing 1 0 7 8.9 6 6 8.5 4 2 9.4 5 13 .3 5 3 11 .5 4 9 6.9F lood ing o f work a rea 1 0 5 8.7 7 1 9.3 3 4 7.6 2 5 .5 4 1 8.9 6 2 8.7Pol lu ted a i r ( rugby, e tc . ) 3 6 3 .0 2 4 3.2 1 2 2.7 1 2 .3 1 4 3.1 2 1 3.0Ex t reme hea t 3 7 6 31 .1 2 6 1 33 .9 1 1 5 26 .2 1 7 43 .6 1 7 6 38 .1 1 8 4 25 .9O thers 9 1 7.5 7 3 9.5 1 8 4.0 * 0 .9 3 8 8.2 5 3 7.4

C h i l d r e n w h o d i d n o t w a n t i m p r o v e m e n t 2 , 8 0 7 69 .9 1 , 7 7 7 69 .8 1 , 0 3 0 70 .1 2 0 8 84 .6 1 , 4 7 3 76 .2 1 , 1 2 6 61 .3i n t h e i r w o r k i n g c o n d i t i o n

U r b a n 1 , 2 1 3 1 0 0 . 0 7 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 0 7 1 0 0 . 0 6 7 1 0 0 . 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 . 0 6 1 7 1 0 0 . 0

C h i l d r e n w h o w a n t e d i m p r o v e m e n t 4 0 5 33 .4 2 3 9 33 .8 1 6 6 32 .8 1 1 16 .0 1 4 4 27 .1 2 5 1 40 .6i n t h e i r w o r k i n g c o n d i t i o n 1

Long wo rk ing hou rs 8 2 20 .3 4 6 19 .3 3 6 21 .8 2 21 .9 2 3 15 .9 5 7 22 .8O d d w o r k i n g h o u r s 1 7 4.3 1 2 5.0 5 3 .3 - - 7 4 .8 1 1 4.2Low pay 1 8 4 45 .4 1 1 2 47 .0 7 2 43 .2 3 26 .3 4 7 32 .7 1 3 4 53 .5No res t day 4 1 10 .1 1 4 6.0 2 7 16 .1 - - 8 5 .7 3 3 13 .1Exposure to chemica l 1 7 4 .3 1 5 6.2 3 1 .5 - - 7 5 .1 1 0 4.0Conges ted lay -ou t 9 2 .2 5 2 .1 4 2 .3 - - 3 2 .2 6 2 .3Inadequate vent i la t ion 2 5 6.1 1 3 5.3 1 2 7.3 1 9 .3 8 5 .2 1 6 6.4Inadequate l igh t ing 7 1 .8 5 2 .2 2 1 .3 1 6 .8 3 2 .2 3 1 .4Inadequa te work ing space 3 0 7.5 1 3 5.5 1 7 10 .2 2 15 .9 1 1 8.0 1 7 6.8Lack o f c lean wa te r supp ly 1 3 3 .2 9 3 .9 4 2 .1 - - 4 2 .9 9 3 .5Too no isy 5 8 14 .3 2 5 10 .4 3 3 19 .9 2 17 .8 2 3 16 .1 3 3 13 .1Unsan i ta ry su r round ing 4 8 11 .8 2 7 11 .4 2 1 12 .4 2 14 .6 2 3 16 .3 2 3 9.2F lood ing o f work a rea 3 1 7.6 1 9 7.9 1 2 7.3 1 6 .9 1 2 8.7 1 8 7.1Pol lu ted a i r ( rugby, e tc . ) 2 1 5 .2 1 1 4.7 1 0 6.0 - - 1 0 7 .1 1 1 4.4Ex t reme hea t 8 1 20 .1 5 9 24 .8 2 2 13 .3 3 25 .5 3 4 23 .5 4 5 17 .9O thers 3 8 9.5 2 8 11 .8 1 0 6.2 * 3 .1 1 5 10 .7 2 3 9.1

C h i l d r e n w h o d i d n o t w a n t i m p r o v e m e n t 8 0 8 66 .6 4 6 8 66 .2 3 4 1 67 .2 5 6 84 .0 3 8 6 72 .9 3 6 6 59 .4i n t h e i r w o r k i n g c o n d i t i o n

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Long wo rk ing hou rs 1 4 3 17 .7 7 9 14 .9 6 4 23 .2 3 12 .4 4 8 15 .0 9 2 19 .9O d d w o r k i n g h o u r s 3 3 4.0 2 1 4.0 1 1 4.1 2 6 .2 1 0 3.2 2 1 4.5Low pay 3 7 7 46 .7 2 4 3 45 .6 1 3 4 48 .9 6 21 .0 1 0 2 32 .1 2 6 9 58 .3No res t day 4 6 5.7 1 9 3.6 2 7 9.8 2 7 .0 1 4 4.4 3 1 6.6Exposure to chemica l 3 6 4 .4 3 2 6.0 4 1 .4 1 3 .4 1 1 3.3 2 4 5.2Conges ted lay -ou t 1 0 .1 - - 1 0 .3 - - * 0 .1 1 0 .1Inadequate vent i la t ion 1 9 2.4 1 1 2.1 8 3 .1 1 5 .3 7 2 .1 1 1 2.4Inadequate l igh t ing 1 3 1.6 7 1 .4 5 1 .9 - - 8 2 .4 5 1 .1Inadequa te work ing space 2 7 3.4 1 3 2.4 1 4 5.3 1 4 .7 1 4 4.5 1 2 2.5Lack o f c lean wa te r supp ly 4 8 6 .0 2 8 5.4 2 0 7.2 4 15 .6 2 1 6.6 2 3 5.0Too no isy 3 1 3.9 1 8 3.3 1 4 5.0 - - 9 3 .0 2 2 4.8Unsan i ta ry su r round ing 5 9 7.4 3 9 7.2 2 1 7.6 3 12 .8 3 0 9.4 2 6 5.7F lood ing o f work a rea 7 4 9.2 5 2 9.9 2 1 7.8 1 5 .0 2 9 9.0 4 4 9.5Pol lu ted a i r ( rugby, e tc . ) 1 5 1 .9 1 3 2.5 2 0 .7 1 3 .2 4 1 .2 1 0 2.2Ex t reme hea t 2 9 5 36 .6 2 0 2 38 .0 9 3 33 .9 1 4 50 .7 1 4 2 44 .7 1 3 9 30 .2O thers 5 2 6.5 4 5 8.5 7 2 .7 - - 2 3 7 .1 3 0 6.5

C h i l d r e n w h o d i d n o t w a n t i m p r o v e m e n t 1 , 9 9 9 71 .3 1 , 3 0 9 71 .1 6 9 0 71 .6 1 5 3 84 .9 1 , 0 8 7 77 .4 7 5 9 62 .2i n t h e i r w o r k i n g c o n d i t i o n

S o u r c e : N S O , 2 0 0 1 S u r v e y o n C h i l d r e n Note : (1 ) Deta i l s may no t add up to to ta ls due to round ing . ( 2 ) * Less t han 500 (3) 1 A ch i ld i s coun ted once under th i s ca tegory bu t may be coun ted under each repor ted a rea fo r improvement .

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PREFERRED ACTIVITIES PREFERRED ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKING CHILDRENOF THE WORKING CHILDREN

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NO.NO. 1717

Preferred Activity In The Future

1- Attend school only 2- Undergo skills training for a

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About 55 percent of the 5-9 year old working children preferred to attend school only in the future compared to 45.7 percent of the 10-14 year old working children. Likewise, 27.4 percent of working children in the eldest age group (15-17 years old) preferred the same activity.

A greater proportion of male (42.5%) than female (39.9%) working children planned to look for a better job in the future. On the other hand, more working children in the rural (39.8%) than in urban (33.3%) areas reported that they prefer schooling to other activities in the future.

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Area-wise, working children from urban areas (69.2%) had higher preference in going to school compared to their rural-based counterpart (67.8%).

Among the future plans of the 4.0 million working children 5-17 years old were to look for a better job (41.6%), to attend school only (37.8%), to help in their parent’s/relative’s/guardian’s household enterprise (9.4%) and to undergo skills training for a better job (5.7%). (Table 2)

The children 5-17 years old who worked during the period October 2000 to September 2001 were asked what type of activity they prefer to do during the reference period and their future plans.





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All Areas 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0Attend school only 2,742 68.2 1,613 63.3 1,129 76.8 202 81.9 1,514 78.3 1,026 55.8Undergo skill training for a better job 114 2.8 81 3.2 33 2.2 1 0.4 25 1.3 88 4.8Look for better job 441 11.0 329 12.9 112 7.6 3 1.0 106 5.5 333 18.1Help in parent's/relative's/guardian's 509 12.7 394 15.5 115 7.8 22 9.0 222 11.5 265 14.4

household enterpriseOthers 100 2.5 64 2.5 37 2.5 13 5.4 30 1.6 57 3.1Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 6 2.3 38 2.0 67 3.7

Urban 1,213 100.0 707 100.0 507 100.0 67 100.0 530 100.0 617 100.0Attend school only 839 69.2 455 64.3 384 75.9 57 85.6 415 78.3 367 59.6Undergo skill training for a better job 32 2.6 21 3.0 11 2.1 - - 4 0.7 28 4.6Look for better job 146 12.0 104 14.8 42 8.2 0 0.5 30 5.6 116 18.8Help in parent's/relative's/guardian's 130 10.7 90 12.8 40 7.9 6 8.8 58 10.9 67 10.8

household enterpriseOthers 39 3.2 24 3.4 15 3.0 3 5.1 11 2.0 25 4.1Not reported 26 2.1 12 1.7 14 2.8 - - 13 2.4 13 2.1

Rural 2,805 100.0 1,841 100.0 964 100.0 180 100.0 1,405 100.0 1,220 100.0Attend school only 1,902 67.8 1,158 62.9 744 77.2 145 80.6 1,099 78.2 659 54.0Undergo skill training for a better job 82 2.9 60 3.2 22 2.3 1 0.5 21 1.5 60 4.9Look for better job 295 10.5 224 12.2 71 7.3 2 1.2 76 5.4 217 17.8Help in parent's/relative's/guardian's 379 13.5 304 16.5 75 7.7 16 9.0 164 11.7 199 16.3



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All Areas 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0

Attend school only 1,521 37.8 880 34.5 641 43.6 135 54.6 883 45.7 503 27.4

Undergo skill training for a better job 229 5.7 168 6.6 62 4.2 6 2.3 88 4.6 136 7.4

Look for better job 1,670 41.6 1,083 42.5 587 39.9 63 25.7 697 36.0 910 49.5

Help in parent's/relative's/guardian's 376 9.4 276 10.9 100 6.8 23 9.3 190 9.8 163 8.9household enterprise

Others 110 2.7 73 2.9 37 2.5 14 5.7 38 2.0 58 3.2

Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 6 2.3 38 2.0 67 3.7

Urban 1,213 100.0 707 100.0 507 100.0 67 100.0 530 100.0 617 100.0

Attend school only 404 33.3 216 30.5 188 37.1 36 53.4 204 38.4 164 26.6Undergo skill training for a better job 81 6.7 55 7.7 27 5.3 2 3.6 26 4.9 53 8.5Look for better job 566 46.6 331 46.9 234 46.3 21 31.8 226 42.7 318 51.6Help in parent's/relative's/guardian's 98 8.1 67 9.4 31 6.2 5 7.1 47 8.8 46 7.5

household enterpriseOthers 38 3.2 26 3.7 12 2.4 3 4.1 14 2.6 22 3.6Not reported 26 2.1 12 1.7 14 2.8 - - 13 2.4 13 2.1

Rural 2,805 100.0 1,841 100.0 964 100.0 180 100.0 1,405 100.0 1,220 100.0Attend school only 1,117 39.8 664 36.1 453 47.0 99 55.1 679 48.4 339 27.8Undergo skill training for a better job 148 5.3 113 6.2 35 3.6 3 1.8 62 4.4 83 6.8Look for better job 1,104 39.4 752 40.8 353 36.6 42 23.4 470 33.5 592 48.5Help in parent's/relative's/guardian's 278 9.9 210 11.4 68 7.1 18 10.1 143 10.2 117 9.6



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Table 1. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Preferred Activity During the Reference Period,

Table 2. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, by Preferred Activity In The Future,

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AWARENESS OF WORKING CHILDREN 5AWARENESS OF WORKING CHILDREN 5--17 17 YEARS OLD ON CHILD RECRUITMENTYEARS OLD ON CHILD RECRUITMENT

Are they aware of child recruitment?Are they aware of child recruitment?

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About 468 thousand working children 5-17 years old were aware of child recruitment ... Of the 4.0 million working children 5-17 years old, about 468 thousand or 11.6 percent reported that they were aware of child recruitment in their place. The proportion of children who were aware of child recruitment was higher among those in rural (13.0%) than in urban areas (8.6%).

More than three-fourths of the children had knowledge on the work they would be engaged in and the place where they will work…

Out of the 468 thousand working children who were aware of child recruitment in their barangay, about 373 thousand or 79.6 percent knew what kind of work they would be engaged in. Children in the rural areas were more knowledgeable compared to their urban counterpart (80.7% vs. 75.8%).

About 385 thousand or 82.2 percent knew the place where the recruited children will work. It appears that more rural-based working children than urban-based knew where these recruited children will be brought to work (84.3% vs. 74.8%).

More than half of the working children were aware that the recruited children will work within the barangay, while three in every ten working children were aware that the recruited children will work either in Metro Manila, in other barangay but within the same municipality or in other municipality but within the same province. Those who were brought to work abroad were estimated at 44 thousand or 11.5 percent of the recruited children.

Majority of the identified recruiters are friends and relatives… Recruitment of children were done by friends (61.6%), relatives (61.3%), licensed recruiter (10.9%), and others (11.0%).

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The next activity engaged in by recruited child workers was crop/livestock farming. Five out of ten child workers were recruited to work in the farm. More male children (53.6%) worked in the farm than females (36.2%). As expected, most of them were recruited in the rural (53.2%) than in urban (22.7%) areas.





PHILIPPINES 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 1,213 100.0 2,805 100.0 246 100.0 1,934 100.0 1,837 100.0

Awareness on child recruitmentAware 468 11.6 288 11.3 180 12.2 104 8.6 364 13.0 15 6.1 179 9.3 274 14.9Not aware 3,438 85.6 2,192 86.0 1,246 84.8 1,082 89.3 2,356 84.0 225 91.5 1,717 88.8 1,496 81.4Not Reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 26 2.1 86 3.1 6 2.3 38 2.0 67 3.7

Source of Recruitment 468 100.0 288 100.0 180 100.0 104 100.0 364 100.0 15 100.0 179 100.0 274 100.0

Knowlegeable1

393 83.9 242 83.8 151 84.1 82 78.4 311 85.5 14 89.5 149 83.5 230 84.0Licensed recruiter/establishment 51 10.9 33 11.3 18 10.2 15 14.5 36 9.8 2 15.5 11 6.0 38 13.8Relatives 287 61.3 172 59.5 115 64.2 44 42.0 243 66.9 11 73.9 105 58.6 171 62.4Friends 288 61.6 181 62.6 107 59.9 53 50.7 235 64.7 12 76.4 110 61.3 167 60.9Others 52 11.0 33 11.4 19 10.5 14 13.8 37 10.3 0 1.8 19 10.8 32 11.7

Don't know 75 16.1 47 16.2 29 15.9 23 21.6 53 14.5 2 10.5 30 16.5 44 16.0

Knowledge on the kind of work 468 100.0 288 100.0 180 100.0 104 100.0 364 100.0 15 100.0 179 100.0 274 100.0

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373 79.6 224 77.8 148 82.5 79 75.8 293 80.7 14 89.8 144 80.2 215 78.7Factory 62 16.6 38 17.0 24 16.1 14 17.6 48 16.3 - - 17 12.0 45 20.7Construction 74 19.9 61 27.2 13 8.8 17 21.0 58 19.6 2 14.2 24 16.4 49 22.6Mining 5 1.3 3 1.3 2 1.4 2 2.7 3 0.9 0 2.4 3 2.1 1 0.7Crop/livestock farming 174 46.7 120 53.6 54 36.2 18 22.7 156 53.2 9 63.6 79 54.8 87 40.2Domestic work 217 58.2 116 51.6 101 68.3 50 63.2 167 56.9 10 77.3 74 51.9 132 61.3Entertainment 32 8.5 13 5.6 19 12.8 10 12.5 22 7.4 - - 7 5.1 24 11.2Others 32 8.6 20 8.8 12 8.3 9 12.0 22 7.7 1 9.0 13 9.0 18 8.3

Don't know 95 20.4 64 22.2 31 17.5 25 24.2 70 19.3 2 10.2 35 19.8 58 21.3

Knowledge on the place of work 468 100.0 288 100.0 180 100.0 104 100.0 364 100.0 15 100.0 179 100.0 274 100.0

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385 82.2 233 80.7 152 84.6 78 74.8 307 84.3 13 85.3 147 82.3 224 82.0Within the barangay 211 54.8 140 60.0 71 46.7 34 44.2 176 57.4 8 66.0 95 64.3 107 47.8Within the municipality but outside barangay 139 36.1 90 38.5 49 32.4 27 34.5 112 36.5 5 38.7 54 36.3 80 35.7Within the province but outside municipality 118 30.7 66 28.4 52 34.1 21 26.5 97 31.7 6 44.4 42 28.6 70 31.3Other province except Metro Manila 70 18.3 42 18.2 28 18.5 16 20.3 55 17.8 1 4.6 22 15.0 48 21.3Metro Manila (not appl. for NCR residents) 145 37.6 76 32.8 68 44.9 30 39.0 114 37.2 3 23.8 47 31.7 95 42.3Abroad 44 11.5 24 10.3 20 13.4 11 14.0 33 10.9 3 24.9 14 9.3 28 12.3

Don't know 83 17.8 56 19.3 28 15.4 26 25.2 57 15.7 2 14.7 32 17.7 49 18.0


(3) 1 A child is counted once under this category but may be counted under each reported source of recruitment.

(4) 2 A child is counted once under this category but may be counted under each reported kind of work.

(5) 3 A child is counted once under this category but may be counted under each reported place of work.

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AWARENESS OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN AWARENESS OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN 55--17 YEARS OLD ON CHILD RECRUITMENT17 YEARS OLD ON CHILD RECRUITMENT AND PROGRAMS CONCERNING CHILDRENAND PROGRAMS CONCERNING CHILDREN How many are aware oHow many are aware of child recruitment and programs concerning children?f child recruitment and programs concerning children?

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More than three-fourths of the households had knowledge on the work the children would be engaged in and the place where they will work…

Out of the 1.2 million households who were aware of the child recruitment in their barangay, about 881 thousand households (76.6%) knew what kind of work the children would be engaged in. Rural households were more knowledgeable compared to their urban counterpart (79.6% vs. 70.2%).

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Services Concerning Children, Philippines:October 2001


Among the child-centered programs and services being offered by the government, the most popular were in health services (47.6%), education (29.4%) and livelihood (13.2%).

For the purpose of the 2001 Survey on Children, all households with children 5-17 years old with the parent or guardian as respondent, were asked on their awareness on the child recruitment and on the government programs and services concerning children.

A total of 943 thousand households (81.9%) knew the place where the recruited children will work. Three in every ten households were aware that the recruited children will work either in Metro Manila or within the barangay, while two in every ten households knew that the recruited children will work either in other barangay but within the same municipality or in other municipality but within the same province.

More than half of the total households with children 5-17 years old were aware of the government programs and services... About 5.9 million households with children 5-17 years old were aware of the government programs and services concerning children. This number represents 56 percent of the 10.4 million households with children 5-17 years old.

One in every ten households with children 5-17 years old was aware of child recruitment... Of the 10.4 million households with children 5-17 years old, about 1.2 million households (11.0%) were aware of the child recruitment in their barangay. (Table 1) A greater proportion of households in the rural (14.5%) than in urban (7.3%) areas were aware of the child recruitment.

Majority of the households who were aware of the child recruitment reported that recruitment was usually done by friends (61.4%), relatives (52.8%) and licensed recruiters (28.6%).





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CHILDREN LIVING AWAY FROM HOMECHILDREN LIVING AWAY FROM HOME How many are they?How many are they?

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For the working children 5-17 years old who were living away from home during the period October 2000 to September 2001, socio-demographic and economic characteristics were based on their parent's or guardian's response.

Sixty-one percent (170 thousand) of these children were working during the past 12 months. Forty-seven percent (132 thousand) were studying while more than one-fourth (80 thousand) were engaged in housekeeping.

About 280 thousand children were living away from home… There are about 280 thousand children 5-17 years old living away from home, presumably away from their parents. (Table 1) Majority of them came from the rural areas and aged 15-17 years old.

Seven in every ten working children living away from home were laborers and unskilled workers and were found in the services sector… Majority of the working children living away from home were laborers and unskilled workers (124 thousand or 72.7%) followed by service and shop/market sales workers (26 thousand or 15.2%). (Table 2) This trend is true for both urban and rural areas, male and female and both age groups.

About 118 thousand or 69.2 percent were found in the services sector. A greater proportion of female (81.8%) than male (43.9%) working children were found in this sector.

Majority of the working children living away from home engaged in permanent jobs or businesses as unpaid family workers, in private households… A total of 93 thousand (54.7%) working children living away from home were engaged in permanent jobs or businesses as unpaid family workers. Forty-three percent (74 thousand) were unpaid family workers in short term/seasonal/casual jobs or businesses. Meanwhile, less than 2 percent (3 thousand) worked for different employers during the period. Seventy percent (120 thousand) of the working children living away from home were employed in private households. More than one-fourth (48 thousand) worked in business

firms. Those who had his own business or self-employed comprised 1.9 percent. One in every three working children living away from home worked in Metro Manila… About 57 thousand (33.5%) working children living away from home can be found in Metro Manila while 16 thousand (9.7%) worked in Cebu. In both areas, a greater proportion of female than male child workers can be found. One in every 100 working children living away from home worked abroad. These children totaled to 3 thousand comprising 1.3 percent of the total.

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Majority of the working children earned and remit, on the average, less than P2,000 monthly… Majority of the working children living away from home earned (97 thousand or 57.0%) and remit (88 thousand or 51.5%) an average of less than P2,000 monthly. The proportion of female working children (68.5%) who earned less than P2,000 monthly exceeded that of the male working children (33.5%). On the other hand, 55.6 percent of the male while 49.5 percent of the female working children remit the same amount to their family.





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Total 280 100.0 56 100.0 114 100.0 6 100.0 2 100.0 50 100.0 82 100.0 28 100.0 52 100.0 1 100.0 - -5-9 15 5.2 - - - - - - - - 6 12.8 7 8.6 2 8.1 2 4.1 1 100.0 - -10-14 85 30.4 11 18.7 23 19.8 2 27.2 - - 28 56.2 36 43.5 16 55.7 21 40.4 - - - -15-17 180 64.4 46 81.3 92 80.2 4 72.8 2 100.0 16 31.0 39 47.9 10 36.2 29 55.5 - - - -

UrbanTotal 77 100.0 15 100.0 20 100.0 4 100.0 * 100.0 19 100.0 29 100.0 10 100.0 13 100.0 - - - -

5-9 5 6.7 - - - - - - - - 1 6.4 4 13.5 0 4.3 0 2.6 - - - -10-14 28 36.0 3 21.1 4 21.6 1 18.5 - - 11 61.2 11 39.3 7 66.2 6 45.5 - - - -15-17 44 57.3 12 78.9 15 78.4 3 78.9 * 100.0 6 32.4 14 47.2 3 29.5 7 51.9 - - - -

RuralTotal 204 100.0 41 100.0 95 100.0 2 100.0 2 100.0 32 100.0 53 100.0 18 100.0 39 100.0 1 100.0 - -

5-9 9 4.6 - - - - - - - - 5 16.6 3 5.9 2 10.3 2 4.6 1 100.0 - -10-14 58 28.4 7 17.8 18 19.4 1 43.7 - - 17 53.2 24 45.9 9 49.8 15 38.7 - - - -15-17 137 67.0 34 82.2 76 80.6 1 56.3 2 100.0 10 30.2 26 48.3 7 40.0 22 56.7 - - - -


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Table 1. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Living Away from Home, by Type of Activity, by Sex and Age Group, Urban-Rural: October 2001(In Thousands)

TotalMale Female

W orking

No.




M a jo r O c c u p a t i o n G r o u p 1 7 1 1 0 0 . 0 5 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 . 0 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 3 3 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 7 1 0 0 . 0 C l e r k s 1 0 . 5 - - 1 0 . 8 - - 1 0 . 7 - - 1 0 . 6 S e r v i c e W o r k e r s a n d S h o p a n d M a r k e t 2 6 1 5 . 2 9 1 6 . 5 1 7 1 4 . 6 5 1 3 . 9 2 1 1 5 . 6 3 9 . 9 2 3 1 6 . 5

S a l e s W o r k e rF a r m e r s , F o r e s t r y W o r k e r s a n d F i s h e r m e n 4 2 . 2 4 6 . 7 - - 1 3 . 2 3 1 . 9 2 4 . 8 2 1 . 6 T r a d e s a n d R e l a t e d W o r k e r s 3 2 . 0 3 6 . 1 - - * 0 . 2 3 2 . 5 - - 3 2 . 5 P l a n t a n d M a c i n e O p e r a t o r s a n d A s s e m b l e r s 3 1 . 6 3 5 . 0 - - 1 2 . 9 2 1 . 3 * 1 . 3 2 1 . 7 L a b o r e r s a n d U n s k i l l e d W o r k e r s 1 2 4 7 2 . 7 3 2 5 7 . 1 9 2 8 0 . 4 2 6 7 4 . 3 9 8 7 2 . 3 2 5 7 5 . 5 9 9 7 2 . 0 S p e c i a l O c c u p a t i o n s 8 4 . 5 4 7 . 7 3 3 . 0 1 3 . 0 7 4 . 9 2 5 . 7 6 4 . 2 N o t r e p o r t e d 2 1 . 2 * 1 . 0 2 1 . 3 1 2 . 5 1 0 . 8 1 2 . 8 1 0 . 8

M a jo r I n d u s t r y G r o u p 1 7 1 1 0 0 . 0 5 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 . 0 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 3 3 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 7 1 0 0 . 0 A g r i c u l t u r e 2 2 1 2 . 7 1 8 3 1 . 5 4 3 . 5 5 1 4 . 1 1 7 1 2 . 4 6 1 9 . 0 1 5 1 1 . 2 I n d u s t r y 1 2 6 . 8 8 1 4 . 7 3 2 . 9 3 8 . 1 9 6 . 5 * 1 . 2 1 1 8 . 2 S e r v i c e s 1 1 8 6 9 . 2 2 5 4 3 . 9 9 3 8 1 . 8 2 4 6 8 . 2 9 4 6 9 . 5 2 5 7 4 . 7 9 3 6 7 . 9 N o t e l s e w h e r e c l a s s i f i e d 1 9 1 1 . 2 6 9 . 9 1 3 1 1 . 8 3 9 . 6 1 6 1 1 . 6 2 5 . 1 1 7 1 2 . 6

N a t u r e o f E m p l o y m e n t 1 7 1 1 0 0 . 0 5 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 . 0 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 3 3 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 7 1 0 0 . 0 P e r m a n e n t j o b / b u s i n e s s / u n p a i d 9 3 5 4 . 7 2 6 4 5 . 4 6 8 5 9 . 3 1 7 4 7 . 9 7 6 5 6 . 4 1 8 5 5 . 4 7 5 5 4 . 5

f a m i l y w o r k e rS h o r t - t e r m o r s e a s o n a l o r c a s u a l j o b / 7 4 4 3 . 4 3 1 5 4 . 5 4 3 3 7 . 9 1 8 5 1 . 9 5 6 4 1 . 2 1 5 4 4 . 6 5 9 4 3 . 1

b u s i n e s s / u n p a i d f a m i l y w o r k e rW o r k e d f o r d i f f e r e n t e m p l o y e r s o r c u s t o m e r 3 1 . 9 * 0 . 1 3 2 . 8 * 0 . 2 3 2 . 4 - - 3 2 . 4

o n d a y - t o - d a y o r w e e k - t o - w e e k b a s i s

S t a t u s o f E m p l o y m e n t 1 7 1 1 0 0 . 0 5 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 . 0 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 3 3 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 7 1 0 0 . 0 W o r k e d f o r p r i v a t e h o u s e h o l d 1 2 0 7 0 . 1 2 3 4 1 . 5 9 6 8 4 . 2 2 2 6 3 . 0 9 7 7 1 . 9 2 5 7 4 . 1 9 5 6 9 . 1 W o r k e d f o r b u s i n e s s f i r m 4 8 2 8 . 0 3 1 5 5 . 7 1 6 1 4 . 3 1 2 3 3 . 5 3 6 2 6 . 5 6 1 9 . 2 4 1 3 0 . 1 O w n b u s i n e s s / s e l f - e m p l o y e d 3 1 . 9 2 2 . 8 2 1 . 5 1 3 . 5 - - 2 6 . 7 1 0 . 8

P l a c e o f W o r k 1 7 1 1 0 0 . 0 5 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 . 0 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 3 3 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 7 1 0 0 . 0 M e t r o M a n i l a 5 7 3 3 . 5 1 5 2 6 . 9 4 2 3 6 . 7 1 1 3 1 . 5 4 6 3 4 . 0 7 2 1 . 6 5 0 3 6 . 3 C e b u 1 6 9 . 7 3 5 . 3 1 3 1 1 . 8 1 3 . 5 1 5 1 1 . 3 2 7 . 0 1 4 1 0 . 3 A b r o a d 3 1 . 8 * 0 . 7 3 2 . 3 * 1 . 2 3 1 . 9 1 2 . 0 2 1 . 7 O t h e r s 9 4 5 5 . 1 3 8 6 7 . 1 5 6 4 9 . 2 2 2 6 3 . 8 7 2 5 2 . 8 2 3 6 9 . 4 7 1 5 1 . 6

A v e r a g e M o n t h l y I n c o m e 1 7 1 1 0 0 . 0 5 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 . 0 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 3 3 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 7 1 0 0 . 0 L e s s t h a n P 2 , 0 0 0 9 7 5 7 . 0 1 9 3 3 . 5 7 8 6 8 . 5 1 7 4 7 . 9 8 0 5 9 . 3 1 3 3 9 . 4 8 4 6 1 . 2 P 2 , 0 0 0 - P 2 , 9 9 9 1 3 7 . 7 6 1 1 . 1 7 6 . 1 3 8 . 6 1 0 7 . 5 1 1 . 6 1 3 9 . 2 P 3 , 0 0 0 - P 4 , 9 9 9 4 2 . 6 3 5 . 5 1 1 . 1 - - 4 3 . 2 - - 4 3 . 2 P 5 , 0 0 0 - P 9 , 9 9 9 4 2 . 3 2 3 . 7 2 1 . 6 1 3 . 4 3 2 . 0 1 1 . 9 3 2 . 4 P 1 0 , 0 0 0 a n d o v e r 5 0 2 9 . 5 2 6 4 6 . 3 2 4 2 1 . 2 1 3 3 7 . 7 3 7 2 7 . 3 1 8 5 4 . 6 3 2 2 3 . 4 N o t R e p o r t e d 2 1 . 0 - - 2 1 . 5 1 2 . 4 1 0 . 6 1 2 . 5 1 0 . 6

A v e r a g e M o n t h l y R e m i t t a n c e 1 7 1 1 0 0 . 0 5 6 1 0 0 . 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 . 0 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 . 0 3 3 1 0 0 . 0 1 3 7 1 0 0 . 0 L e s s t h a n P 2 , 0 0 0 8 8 5 1 . 5 3 1 5 5 . 6 5 7 4 9 . 5 1 4 3 9 . 8 7 4 5 4 . 5 1 1 3 1 . 9 7 7 5 6 . 2 P 5 , 0 0 0 - P 9 , 9 9 9 1 0 . 7 1 1 . 1 1 0 . 6 - - 1 0 . 9 1 1 . 9 1 0 . 5 P 1 0 , 0 0 0 a n d o v e r 4 7 2 7 . 6 1 7 2 9 . 9 3 0 2 6 . 4 1 2 3 5 . 5 3 5 2 5 . 5 1 3 3 9 . 6 3 4 2 4 . 7 N o t R e p o r t e d 3 4 2 0 . 2 8 1 3 . 4 2 7 2 3 . 5 9 2 4 . 7 2 6 1 9 . 0 9 2 6 . 6 2 6 1 8 . 6

S o u r c e : N S O , 2 0 0 1 S u r v e y o n C h i l d r e nN o t e : ( 1 ) D e t a i l s m a y n o t a d d u p t o t o t a l s d u e t o r o u n d i n g . ( 2 ) * L e s s t h a n 5 0 0

N o .% to T o t a l

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T a b l e 2 . N u m b e r o f C h i l d r e n 1 0 - 1 7 Y e a r s O l d L i v i n g A w a y f r o m H o m e W h o W o r k e d D u r i n g t h e P a s t 1 2 M o n t h s , b y S e l e c t e d C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , b y S e x , U r b a n - R u r a l R e s i d e n c e a n d A g e G r o u p : O c t o b e r 2 0 0 1


S e l e c t e d C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s1 0 - 1 4 1 5 - 1 7

U r b a n - R u r a l R e s i d e n c eS e x A g e G r o u pT o t a l

U r b a n R u r a lM a le F e m a le

Both % toSexes Total Male % to Female % to Male Female

Total Total

Total Working Children 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 100.0 63.4 36.6

Urban-Rural ResidenceUrban 1,213 30.2 706 27.7 507 34.5 100.0 58.2 41.8Rural 2,805 69.8 1,842 72.3 963 65.5 100.0 65.7 34.3

4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 100.0 63.4 36.6246 6.1 144 5.6 102 7.0 100.0 58.4 41.6

1,934 48.1 1,234 48.4 700 47.6 100.0 63.8 36.21,837 45.7 1,170 45.9 667 45.4 100.0 63.7 36.3

4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 100.0 63.4 36.6NCR 168 4.2 88 3.5 80 5.4 100.0 52.6 47.4CAR 65 1.6 40 1.6 25 1.7 100.0 62.0 38.0Region I 156 3.9 94 3.7 62 4.2 100.0 60.1 39.9Region II 202 5.0 141 5.5 61 4.1 100.0 69.9 30.1Region III 262 6.5 163 6.4 99 6.7 100.0 62.3 37.7Region IV 461 11.5 318 12.5 143 9.7 100.0 68.9 31.1Region V 344 8.6 238 9.3 106 7.2 100.0 69.2 30.8Region VI 327 8.1 198 7.8 130 8.8 100.0 60.4 39.6Region VII 388 9.7 227 8.9 161 11.0 100.0 58.4 41.6Region VIII 349 8.7 214 8.4 135 9.2 100.0 61.2 38.8Region IX 166 4.1 116 4.6 50 3.4 100.0 70.0 30.0Region X 294 7.3 167 6.6 127 8.6 100.0 56.9 43.1Region XI 342 8.5 219 8.6 123 8.4 100.0 64.1 35.9Region XII 232 5.8 140 5.5 93 6.3 100.0 60.0 40.0Caraga 176 4.4 120 4.7 56 3.8 100.0 68.1 31.9ARMM 85 2.1 65 2.5 20 1.4 100.0 76.0 24.0

Highest Grade Completed 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 100.0 63.4 36.6No Grade Completed 116 2.9 78 3.1 39 2.7 100.9 67.2 33.6Elementary Undergraduate 1,608 40.0 1,108 43.5 500 34.0 100.0 68.9 31.1Elementary Graduate 713 17.7 454 17.8 259 17.6 100.0 63.7 36.3High School Undergraduate 1,291 32.1 760 29.8 531 36.1 100.0 58.9 41.1High School Graduate 259 6.4 132 5.2 127 8.6 100.0 51.0 49.0College Undergraduate 31 0.8 16 0.6 15 1.0 100.0 51.6 48.4

Major Occupation 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 100.0 63.4 36.6Official Government and Special Interest Organizations 21 0.5 11 0.4 10 0.7 100.0 52.6 47.4

Corporate Executives, Managers, Man. Proprietorsand Supervisors

Professionals 3 0.1 1 0.0 2 0.2 100.0 34.7 65.3Technician and Associate Professionals 4 0.1 3 0.1 1 0.0 100.0 82.5 17.5Clerks 46 1.2 20 0.8 26 1.8 100.0 43.9 56.1Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales W orker 544 13.5 217 8.5 327 22.2 100.0 39.9 60.1Farmers, Forestry W orkers and Fishermen 454 11.3 342 13.4 112 7.6 100.0 75.3 24.7Trades and Related W orkers 136 3.4 79 3.1 57 3.9 100.0 58.1 41.9Plant and machine Operators and Assemblers 46 1.1 44 1.7 2 0.1 100.0 95.2 4.8Laborers and Unskilled W orkers 2,608 64.9 1,737 68.2 870 59.2 100.0 66.6 33.4Special Occupations 37 0.9 21 0.8 17 1.1 100.0 55.6 44.4Not reported 118 2.9 73 2.9 45 3.1 100.0 61.5 38.5

Kind of Business/Industry 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 100.0 63.4 36.6Agriculture 2,349 68.6 1,718 67.4 631 42.9 100.0 73.1 26.9

Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry 2,141 91.1 1,527 88.9 614 97.2 100.0 71.3 28.7Fishing 208 8.9 190 11.1 18 2.8 100.0 91.3 8.7

Industry 266 6.6 178 7.0 89 6.0 100.4 66.9 33.5Mining and Quarrying 18 6.7 18 10.1 - - 100.0 100.0Manufacturing 186 70.0 98 55.0 89 100.0 100.5 52.7 47.8Electricity, Gas and Water 4 1.4 4 2.1 - - 100.0 100.0Construction 58 21.9 58 32.8 - - 100.0 100.0

Services 1,274 31.7 575 22.6 699 47.6 100.0 45.1 54.9W holesale and Retail, Repair of Motor Vehicles 747 58.6 340 59.1 407 58.2 100.0 45.5 54.5

and Personal and Household GoodsHotels and Restaurants 95 7.4 33 5.8 62 8.8 100.0 34.7 65.3Transport, Storage and Communications 102 8.0 98 17.0 4 0.5 100.0 96.1 3.9Financial Intermediation 2 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 100.0 50.0 50.0Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities 13 1.0 9 1.6 4 0.6 100.0 69.2 30.8Public Admin and Defense, Compulsory Social Security 9 0.7 3 0.5 6 0.8 100.0 33.3 66.7

Characteristics of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, Philippines: October 2001(In Thousands)

Sex % Distribution

Region

Both Sexes

Age Group5 - 9 Years Old10 - 14 Years old15 - 17 Years Old

Characteristics

SUMMARY TABLE Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE Sta. Mesa, Manila

2001 SURVEY ON CHILD2001 SURVEY ON CHILDREN 5REN 5--17 YEARS OLD17 YEARS OLD

Both % toSexes Total Male % to Female % to Male Female

Total Total

Status of EmploymentW orker in private household 373 9.3 140 5.5 233 15.8 100.0 37.6 62.4W orker in private establishment 845 21.0 624 24.5 221 15.0 100.0 73.8 26.2W orker in government/government corporation 14 0.3 8 0.3 6 0.4 100.0 57.4 42.6Paid worker on own household-operated enterprise 44 1.1 33 1.3 12 0.8 100.0 73.4 26.6Self-employed without any paid employee 176 4.4 134 5.3 42 2.9 100.0 76.2 23.8Employer in own household-operated farm/business 40 1.0 30 1.2 10 0.7 100.0 75.2 24.8Unpaid worker in own household-operated 2,364 58.8 1,478 58.0 886 60.3 100.0 62.5 37.5

farm/businessUnpaid worker for other members who work for others 39 1.0 28 1.1 11 0.7 100.0 71.8 28.2Homebase worker 12 0.3 7 0.3 5 0.3 100.0 56.0 44.0Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 100.0 60.1 39.9

Nature of EmploymentPermanent 998 24.8 631 24.8 366 24.9 100.0 63.3 36.7Short term/casual 1,259 31.3 789 31.0 471 32.0 100.0 62.6 37.4Seasonal/school vacation 1,469 36.6 920 36.1 549 37.4 100.0 62.6 37.4W orked for different employers 167 4.1 133 5.2 34 2.3 100.0 79.6 20.4

on a day-to-day/week-to-week basisOthers 14 0.3 9 0.3 5 0.4 100.0 61.3 38.7Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 100.0 60.1 39.9

Place of WorkOwn house 696 17.3 314 12.3 382 26.0 100.0 45.2 54.8Employer's house 311 7.7 98 3.9 213 14.5 100.0 31.6 68.4Other person's house/place 103 2.6 64 2.5 39 2.7 100.0 61.9 38.1Office 10 0.2 6 0.2 4 0.3 100.0 56.9 43.1Factory 30 0.7 18 0.7 12 0.8 100.0 59.5 40.5Farm 1,990 49.5 1,446 56.7 545 37.0 100.0 72.6 27.4Street 180 4.5 132 5.2 48 3.3 100.0 73.3 26.7Market place 159 3.9 63 2.5 96 6.5 100.0 39.8 60.2Mines 4 0.1 4 0.2 - - 100.0 100.0Construction site/quarry site 37 0.9 37 1.4 * 0.0 100.0 99.4 0.6Others 387 9.6 299 11.8 87 5.9 100.0 77.5 22.5Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 100.0 60.1 39.9

Normal Working Hours Per Day1 to 4 hours 2,059 51.2 1,226 48.1 832 56.6 100.0 59.5 40.45 to 8 hours 1,499 37.3 1,096 43.0 404 27.5 100.0 73.1 27.09 to 10 hours 216 5.4 97 3.8 119 8.1 100.0 44.9 55.1More than 10 hours 132 3.3 61 2.4 70 4.8 100.0 46.2 53.0Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.1 100.0 59.8 40.2

Number of Days Worked Per Week1 day 742 18.5 451 17.7 291 19.8 100.0 60.8 39.22 days 1,219 30.3 782 30.7 436 29.7 100.0 64.2 35.83 days 358 8.9 242 9.5 117 7.9 100.0 67.5 32.54 days 241 6.0 187 7.3 54 3.7 100.0 77.4 22.65 days 322 8.0 229 9.0 93 6.3 100.0 71.2 28.86 days 463 11.5 293 11.5 170 11.6 100.0 63.2 36.87 days 561 14.0 297 11.7 264 17.9 100.0 52.9 47.1Not Reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 100.0 60.1 39.9

Reason for Working 4,018 100.0 2,548 100.0 1,470 100.0 100.0 63.4 36.6To gain experience/acquire training 350 8.7 244 9.6 106 7.2 100.0 69.7 30.3To appreciate value of work 170 4.2 99 3.9 71 4.8 100.0 58.3 41.7To supplement family income/ 1,196 29.8 816 32.0 380 25.9 100.0 68.2 31.8

important to family well-beingTo help pay own family debts 41 1.0 23 0.9 18 1.2 100.0 56.3 43.7To pay own schooling 274 6.8 139 5.4 135 9.2 100.0 50.6 49.4To help in own household enterprise 1,596 39.7 968 38.0 628 42.7 100.0 60.7 39.3To earn money to establish own business 46 1.2 36 1.4 11 0.7 100.0 76.9 23.1Others 233 5.8 157 6.2 76 5.2 100.0 67.2 32.8Not reported 112 2.8 67 2.6 45 3.0 100.0 60.1 39.9

Source: NSO, Survey on Children Note: (1) Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. (2) * Less than 500

Characteristics of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months, Philippines: October 2001(In Thousands)

Sex % DistributionCharacteristics Both

Sexes

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