Table Y.  Number of Working Children 5-17 Years Old Who Stopped Schooling/Dropped Out of School During the Past 12 Months Prior to Enumeration,
          by Main Reason for Stopping Dropping Out of School, By Age Group, Sex and Region, Urban-Rural: October 2001

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Main Reason for Stopping                   No. of Working Children 5-17 yrs |                             A  G  E     G  R  O  U  P
/Dropping Out of School                     Old Who Stopped Schooling       |            5-9            |            10-14            |            15-17
                                            /Dropped Out of School          |   Total    Male    Female | Total      Male     Female  | Total      Male     Female
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Philippines                                      1,467,318                     16,628   10,797   5,831   527,880   387,104   140,776   922,810   640,501   282,309

To engage in paid/self-employment to
  augment family income                            144,971                      1,584    1,584            29,217    24,261     4,956   114,171    73,199    40,972
To help in family business/farm                    132,991                      1,294    1,294            49,674    41,265     8,409    82,022    69,603    12,419
To attend to sick member of the family              23,766                        738              738    11,573     4,872     6,701    11,455     3,168     8,287
Cannot afford to go to school                      415,089                      3,013    1,836   1,177   118,237    72,278    45,959   293,840   163,403   130,437
Not interested in school                           460,667                      4,990    2,255   2,735   171,794   141,405    30,389   283,882   244,491    39,391
School is too far                                   94,200                        768      768            50,721    36,260    14,461    42,710    27,274    15,436
Illness/disability                                  62,173                        940      552     388    38,101    25,771    12,330    23,132    12,460    10,672
Teachers are not supportive                         16,618                                                 8,589     6,982     1,607     8,029     7,290       739
Housekeeping                                         6,370                                                 3,362     2,569       793     3,007               3,007
Others                                             110,475                      3,302    2,509     793    46,611    31,440    15,171    60,563    39,615    20,948

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