Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 01:10 PM, Nov 23, 2023

November 23, 2023

Dear Rochel Cruz,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 29, 2023 04:00:01 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.


You asked for The number of cases of child labor in Philippines and Puerto Princesa City.


Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following:

Children in the Philippines
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/children

Child Labor Statistics
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/child-labor-statistics

Table C Total Number of Child Laborers and Proportion of Child Laborers to Working Children 5 to 17 Years Old by Region, Phil Oct 2020-Oct 2022.xlsx
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/iesd/Table%20C%20Total%20Number%20of%20Child%20Laborers%20and%20Proportion%20of%20Child%20Laborers%20to%20Working%20Children%205%20to%2017%20Years%20Old%20by%20%20Region%2C%20Phil%20Oct%202020-Oct%202022.xlsx


Labor Force Survey (LFS)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/press-release
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/special-release

Working Children
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__LE/0063E3D10A0.px/?rxid=1533c89d-5608-441d-814f-039a095661fa

Survey on Children
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/survey-on-children

Table D. Total Number and Percent Distribution of Child Laborers, by Sex, by Age Group, by Broad Industry Group and by Region
https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/iesd/TABLE%20D.%20Total%20Number%20and%20Percent%20Distribution%20of%20Child%20Laborers%2C%20by%20Sex%2C%20by%20Age%20Group%2C%20by%20Broad%20Industry%20Gorup%20%20and%20by%20Region%2C%20Philippines%20Oct%202019%2C%202020%20and%202021_final.xlsx

Latest LabStat Updates
https://psa.gov.ph/labstat-updates

Profile of Working Children in the Philippines        
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/lsredsd/vol15_5_0.pdf

2018 Gender Statistics on Labor and Employment
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15907&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%202018%20Gender%20Statistics%20on%20Labor%20and%20Employment

Note: You may look for Table 6.8 to Table 6.9.


Philippine Statistical Yearbook
https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY)
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/%28ons-cleared%29_psy2022_manuscript_June29_ONSF%20%281%29-signed.pdf

Chapter 11: Labor and Employment
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/11_2022.xlsx

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service