Table N. Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months Prior to Enumeration,
by Kind of Hazards, by Age Group and Sex, Urban-Rural: October 2001
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No. of Working | Age Group
Kind of Hazards Children 5-17 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-17
Years Old | Total Male Female | Total Male Female | Total Male Female
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Philippines
Total Number of Working Children 4,017,886 246,326 143,866 102,460 1,934,239 1,233,855 700,384 1,837,321 1,169,945 667,376
Exposed to 2,387,697 131,770 81,513 50,257 1,135,504 779,544 355,960 1,120,420 812,198 308,222
a. Chemical Hazards only 171,118 10,407 7,943 2,464 85,814 65,595 20,219 74,897 51,143 23,754
b. Physical Environment Hazard only 1,060,614 53,888 30,657 23,231 532,183 369,207 162,976 474,542 326,648 147,894
c. Biological Hazard only 142,162 8,993 5,381 3,612 65,580 42,515 23,065 67,589 45,085 22,504
d. Chemical and Physical Hazards 382,356 7,200 3,175 4,025 144,375 99,231 45,144 230,780 183,934 46,846
e. Chemical and Biological Hazards 42,774 1,413 747 666 24,745 14,331 10,414 16,617 12,928 3,689
f Physical and Biological Hazards 351,707 37,063 24,385 12,678 187,889 120,091 67,798 126,754 89,726 37,028
g. Chemical, Biological and Physical
Hazards 236,966 12,806 9,225 3,581 94,918 68,574 26,344 129,241 102,734 26,507
Urban
Total Number of Working Children 1,212,868 66,705 34,925 31,780 529,464 314,581 214,883 616,699 356,637 260,062
Exposed to 635,743
a. Chemical Hazards only 69,485 2,951 1,589 1,362 27,880 20,428 7,452 38,653 25,334 13,319
b. Physical Environment Hazard only 243,634 10,020 6,369 3,651 101,504 60,829 40,675 132,111 82,737 49,374
c. Biological Hazard only 20,841 2,472 1,879 593 8,713 4,797 3,916 9,656 6,404 3,252
d. Chemical and Physical Hazards 164,853 3,051 1,391 1,660 59,099 37,887 21,212 102,703 77,761 24,942
e. Chemical and Biological Hazards 10,751 666 666 4,744 3,516 1,228 5,341 4,015 1,326
f Physical and Biological Hazards 57,462 4,106 1,802 2,304 30,070 17,828 12,242 23,286 17,779 5,507
g. Chemical, Biological and Physical
Hazards 68,717 3,229 1,867 1,362 29,453 18,230 11,223 36,036 30,021 6,015
Rural
Total Number of Working Children 2,805,019 179,622 108,942 70,680 1,404,775 919,274 485,501 1,220,622 813,309 407,313
Exposed to 1,751,955
a. Chemical Hazards only 101,634 7,456 6,354 1,102 57,934 45,167 12,767 36,244 25,809 10,435
b. Physical Environment Hazard only 816,980 43,870 24,289 19,581 430,680 308,378 122,302 342,430 243,910 98,520
c. Biological Hazard only 121,321 6,521 3,502 3,019 56,867 37,718 19,149 57,933 38,681 19,252
d. Chemical and Physical Hazards 217,503 4,148 1,783 2,365 85,277 61,344 23,933 128,077 106,173 21,904
e. Chemical and Biological Hazards 32,023 747 747 20,001 10,815 9,186 11,275 8,912 2,363
f Physical and Biological Hazards 294,245 32,957 22,583 10,374 157,820 102,263 55,557 103,469 71,947 31,522
g. Chemical, Biological and Physical
Hazards 168,249 9,578 7,358 2,220 65,466 50,344 15,122 93,205 72,713 20,492
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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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