Table O.  Number of Working Children 5-17 Years Old During the Past 12 Months Prior to Enumeration Whose Work Involved Exposure to Physical Hazards,
          by Type of Business/Industry Where They Are Engaged In, by Type of Physical Hazard and Sex: October 2001

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                                                   No. of Working Children |                                            Type of Physical Hazard
       Type of Business/Industry                     5-17 Years Old Whose  |  Noise | Temperature/| Pressure |  Inadequate |   Slip/   | Insufficient |Congested|  Radiation/ | Others
                                                    Work Involved Exposure |        |   Humidity  |          |Illumination/| Trip/Fall |  exit for    | lay-out | Ultraviolet/|
                                                     to Physical Hazards   |        |             |          |  Lighting   |  Hazards  |prompt escape |         |  Microwave  |
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Philippines

    Both Sexes                                              2,031,643        316,190    1,444,948    109,680      38,576      345,294      13,547       17,383     177,964     178,096
        Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                   1,315,678         42,136    1,025,488     27,649       5,750      247,382       2,331        2,232     134,152     115,356
        Fishing                                               134,571          5,124      104,224     11,383      16,344       14,877       4,266          692      12,456      18,296
        Mining and Quarrying                                   16,536          1,593       11,848        489         733        5,248                                1,720       3,443
        Manufacturing                                          66,417         35,009       40,225      5,172       1,629        5,110       2,718        1,074       6,095       4,018
        Electricity, Gas and Water                              1,420                       1,420                                 976
        Construction                                           45,288          9,015       26,905      7,427         175       15,839                                3,380         846
        Wholesale and Retail Trade                            242,062        131,919      117,880     27,951       6,990       21,875       2,323       12,459       7,830      21,369
        Hotel and Restaurant                                   34,414         21,932       13,296      6,246       1,319        3,796         713          340         826       1,261
        Transport, Storage and Communication                   77,099         37,574       50,143      6,165         396       16,367       1,196                    7,725       6,596
        Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities            8,935          3,793        4,493                  2,715        1,969                                            2,455
        Public Administration and Defense,
            Compulsory Social Security                          2,251            548        1,596        655                      227
        Education                                               1,467                                  1,467
        Health and Social Work                                    489                         489
        Other Community, Social and Personal
            Service Activities                                 31,960         10,505       21,823      2,395       1,340        7,394                                1,887       1,852
        Private Households with Employed Persons               46,732         16,030       21,562     10,441         830        2,756                      586       1,893       1,311
        Not reported                                            6,322          1,015        3,557      2,240         354        1,480                                            1,292

    Male                                                    1,427,588        181,901    1,040,192     71,059      28,337      262,890       9,997       10,529     122,381     129,363
        Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                     942,059         34,451      727,081     21,349       4,549      181,282       1,911        1,784      88,387      85,466
        Fishing                                               123,004          3,144       97,016     10,734      14,203       14,877       4,266          313      12,141      15,747
        Mining and Quarrying                                   16,536          1,593       11,848        489         733        5,248                                1,720       3,443
        Manufacturing                                          42,265         20,144       28,990      2,668       1,194        4,084         867          580       5,076       3,342
        Electricity, Gas and Water                              1,420                       1,420                                 976
        Construction                                           45,288          9,015       26,905      7,427         175       15,839                                3,380         846
        Wholesale and Retail Trade                            117,144         54,469       59,308     13,668       4,873       14,544       1,757        7,698       3,965       8,676
        Hotel and Restaurant                                   11,531          6,942        4,894      4,300                      528                      154         282
        Transport, Storage and Communication                   74,667         36,272       49,012      6,165         396       16,367       1,196                    6,423       6,596
        Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities            7,094          3,793        4,493                    874        1,969                                            2,455
        Public Administration and Defense,
            Compulsory Social Security                            931            227          931                                 227
        Education                                               1,467                                  1,467
        Health and Social Work                                    489                         489
        Other Community, Social and Personal
            Service Activities                                 23,160          7,284       14,580      1,443       1,340        5,704                                  695       1,501
        Private Households with Employed Persons               17,492          4,092       12,241        874                      820                                  311
        Not reported                                            3,039            476          983        476                      424                                            1,292

    Female                                                    604,055        134,290      404,756     38,621      10,238       82,404       3,550        6,854      55,583      48,733
        Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                     373,619          7,685      298,407      6,300       1,201       66,100         420          448      45,764      29,891
        Fishing                                                11,567          1,980        7,208        649       2,141                                   379         315       2,550
        Manufacturing                                          24,152         14,866       11,234      2,504         435        1,026       1,851          494       1,020         676
        Wholesale and Retail Trade                            124,919         77,449       58,571     14,284       2,117        7,330         566        4,762       3,865      12,693
        Hotel and Restaurant                                   22,883         14,990        8,401      1,947       1,319        3,268         713          186         544       1,261
        Transport, Storage and Communication                    2,432          1,301        1,131                                                                    1,301
        Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities            1,841                                              1,841
        Public Administration and Defense,
            Compulsory Social Security                          1,319            321          664        655
        Other Community, Social and Personal
            Service Activities                                  8,800          3,221        7,243        952                    1,690                                1,191         351
        Private Households with Employed Persons               29,239         11,938        9,321      9,567         830        1,936                      586       1,582       1,311
        Not reported                                            3,283            539        2,574      1,764         354        1,055

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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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