Table 9. Number of Working Children 5-17 Years Old Who
Encountered Risk/Dangers at Work by Sex
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Risk/Dangers Both % Male % Female %
Encountered at Work Sexes
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Total 628,652 509,600 119,052
Prone to Vehicular Accident 87,167 13.9 77,971 15.3 9,196 7.7
Might Get Burned 22,008 3.5 13,465 2.6 8,543 7.2
May Fall 84,128 13.4 78,082 15.3 6,046 5.1
May Impair Hearing 6,359 1.0 5,666 1.1 693 0.6
May Lose Sight 6,242 1.0 4,452 0.9 1,789 1.5
Physical Mutilation 91,796 14.6 76,499 15.0 15,297 12.8
May Contract Disease 178,697 28.4 127,258 25.0 51,439 43.2
Other Dangers 151,509 24.1 125,855 24.7 25,654 21.5
Not Reported 748 0.1 353 0.1 395 0.3
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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