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