Table C1.  Total Number of Working Children 5-17 Years Old, by Age Group and Region, Urban-Rural: October 2001

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                                  Total Number of  |                                         Age Group
    Region/Employment Status      Working Children |       5 - 9 Years Old      |        10 - 14 Years Old        |        15 - 17 Years Old
                                   5-17 Years Old  |   Total    Urban     Rural |     Total      Urban      Rural |     Total     Urban      Rural
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Philippines                              4,017,886   246,327   66,705   179,622   1,934,239   529,464   1,404,775   1,837,321   616,699   1,220,622

NCR                                        168,096    19,151   19,151                60,779    60,779                  88,166    88,166
CAR                                         64,553       399      129       270      30,228     3,391      26,837      33,927     4,885      29,042
Region I - Ilocos                          155,547     5,628    1,262     4,366      67,450     8,477      58,973      82,469    18,521      63,948
Region II - Cagayan Valley                 201,993    13,457    2,559    10,898     101,239    14,730      86,509      87,295    14,891      72,404
Region III - Central Luzon                 262,010     7,863    3,371     4,492      98,443    45,804      52,639     155,703    65,982      89,721
Region IV - Southern Tagalog               461,201    19,064    3,163    15,901     206,654    74,838     131,816     235,482    95,427     140,055
Region V - Bicol                           344,201     8,736    2,171     6,565     165,815    27,701     138,114     169,651    36,874     132,777
Region VI - Western Visayas                327,466     7,629    5,251     2,378     148,806    40,734     108,072     171,032    46,058     124,974
Region VII - Central Visayas               388,409    62,830    7,898    54,932     202,771    46,245     156,526     122,809    46,551      76,258
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas              349,050    24,089    4,131    19,958     188,240    25,615     162,625     136,721    36,468     100,253
Region IX - Western Mindanao               166,143     6,617      857     5,760      78,964    13,078      65,886      80,561    16,617      63,944
Region X - Northern Mindanao               293,847    24,753    6,260    18,493     164,175    61,572     102,603     104,918    43,389      61,529
Region XI - Southern Mindanao              341,691    14,078    5,620     8,458     169,728    58,553     111,175     157,884    54,926     102,958
Region XII - Central Mindanao              232,337    15,466    1,335    14,131     128,311    22,686     105,625      88,560    21,701      66,859
Region XIII - Caraga                       176,031    10,878    3,446     7,432      93,826    22,724      71,102      71,326    16,789      54,537
ARMM                                        85,311     5,687      100     5,587      28,810     2,539      26,271      50,814     9,451      41,363

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Source:  Survey on Children 2001
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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