Table 1. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked for the
Past 12 Months** by Sex and Age Group
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Age Group Both % Male % Female %
Sexes
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Children 5-17 Years Old
Total 22,381,517 11,523,148 10,858,368
5 - 9 8,682,442 38.8 4,475,911 38.8 4,206,531 38.7
10 - 14 8,822,093 39.4 4,508,014 39.1 4,314,079 39.7
15 - 17 4,876,982 21.8 2,539,223 22.0 2,337,759 21.5
Working
Total 3,577,363 2,329,556 1,247,807
5 - 9 214,896 6.0 135,470 5.8 79,426 6.4
10 - 14 1,600,332 44.7 1,022,508 43.9 577,824 46.3
15 - 17 1,762,136 49.3 1,171,579 50.3 590,557 47.3
Non-Working
Total 18,804,153 9,193,592 9,610,561
5 - 9 8,467,546 45.0 4,340,442 47.2 4,127,105 42.9
10 - 14 7,221,761 38.4 3,485,507 37.9 3,736,255 38.9
15 - 17 3,114,846 16.6 1,367,644 14.9 1,747,202 18.2
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* Past Week Refer to the past seven days prior to enumeration.
Enumeration took place in July 1995.
** Past 12 months refers to the Period August 1994 - July 1995.
*** Detatils may not add up due to multiple response.
Source: 1995 National Survey on Working Children
Income and Employment Statistics Division
Household Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines