Table X.  Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked During the Past 12 Months Prior to Enumeration and Attended School at Present,
          by Problem Encountered in Schooling, by Age Group, Sex and Region, Urban-Rural: October 2001

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                                           Number of Working  |                               A  G  E     G  R  O  U  P
              Problem Encountered         Children 5-17 Years |             5-9           |              10-14             |             15-17
                                             Old Currently    | Total      Male    Female |    Total       Male     Female |   Total      Male     Female
                                           Attending School   |                           |                                |
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Philippines                                     2,646,773       216,760   122,519   94,241   1,542,902   931,043   611,859   887,110   524,414   362,696

With difficulty                                 1,186,875        80,113    47,360   32,753     687,413   432,404   255,009   419,348   257,097   162,251
Without difficulty                              1,459,898       136,647    75,159   61,488     855,489   498,639   356,850   467,762   267,317   200,445

Problems encountered
Difficulty in catching up with the lessons        619,341        47,716    27,232   20,484     380,330   248,496   131,834   191,295   128,801    62,494
Teachers are not supportive                        94,184         8,683     3,569    5,114      56,841    34,853    21,988    28,661    19,291     9,370
High cost of school supplies/books/transp.        568,096        38,305    24,430   13,875     289,729   179,839   109,890   240,063   135,238   104,825
No time to study                                   77,436         2,917     2,024      893      41,484    29,795    11,689    33,034    22,832    10,202
School too far from residence                     475,416        26,051    15,426   10,625     266,298   168,932    97,366   183,067   108,858    74,209
Others                                             79,284         1,249       980      269      49,131    30,178    18,953    28,904    19,770     9,134

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