Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 04:51 PM, Oct 17, 2022

October 17, 2022

Dear Jerykah Palma,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 06, 2022 09:12:34 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Number of Working Children.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

Our data on this are limited to the following:

1. Working Children by Industry

a) Working Children and Child Labor Situation: https://psa.gov.ph/content/working-children-and-child-labor-situation
TABLE D. Total Number and Percent Distribution of Child Laborers, by Sex, by Age Group, by Broad Industry Gorup and by Region, Philippines Oct 2019 and Oct 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/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%20and%20Oct%202020%2C.xls

FIGURE 2. Percent Distribution of Working Children 5 to 17 Years Old by Broad Industry Group: October 2019 and 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/Special%20Release%20on%20Working%20Children%20and%20Child%20Labor_2019-2020%20signed.pdf

b)  OpenSTAT: Working Children, Not Currently Attending School by Sex and Age Group: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E6/0553K3E6020.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=17d5972b-bc24-45f0-a1d9-b9787dc80678

c) Working Children by Sex and Major Industry Group: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E6/0563K3E6030.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=fbfe7e33-abd8-48cf-9479-9607a011b0d6

Working Children by Sex and Major Occupation Group: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E6/0573K3E6040.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=fbfe7e33-abd8-48cf-9479-9607a011b0d6

Employment-to-Working Age Population Ratio by Sex and Age Group: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E2/0183K3F2010.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=fbfe7e33-abd8-48cf-9479-9607a011b0d6

You may check our Labstat Update: Decent Work in the Philippines: Statistics on Working Children: 

FIGURE 3 – Percent Distribution of Working Children by Major Industry Group, Philippines: 2017: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/ird/specialrelease/LABSTAT%20Updates%20Vol.%2023%20No.%205%20on%20Decent%20Work%20in%20the%20Philippines%20%20Statistics%20on%20Working%20Children_3.pdf

d) Survey on Children 2011: Estimated Number of Working Children 5 to 17 Years Old Who Worked During The Past Week Was 3.3 Million (Final Results of the 2011 Survey on Children): https://psa.gov.ph/content/estimated-number-working-children-5-17-years-old-who-worked-during-past-week-was-33-million

Survey on Children 2011: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/survey-on-children TABLE 1 Children 5 to 17 years old by employment status and region: 2011 SOC: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/TABLE%201%20%20Children%205%20to%2017%20years%20old%20by%20employment%20status%20and%20region%202011%20SOC.pdf 

TABLE 2 Working children 5 to 17 years old by type of work, sex, age group and region: 2011 SOC: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/TABLE%202%20%20Working%20children%20%205%20to%2017%20years%20old%20by%20type%20of%20work%2C%20sex%2C%20age%20group%20and%20region%202011%20SOC.pdf

TABLE 3 Percent distribution of children engaged in child labor by broad industry group and by sex: 2011 SOC: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/TABLE%203%20%20Percent%20distribution%20of%20children%20engaged%20in%20child%20labor%20by%20broad%20industry%20group%20and%20by%20sex%202011%20SOC.pdf

2. Child Labor per Region

a) TABLE A. Total Number of Children 5 to 17 Years Old, Working Children, and Proportion of Working Children and by Region, Philippines October 2019 and October 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/TABLE%20A.%20Total%20Number%20of%20Children%205%20to%2017%20Years%20Old%2C%20%20Working%20Children%2C%20and%20Proportion%20of%20Working%20Children%20and%20by%20Region%2C%20Philippines%20October%202019%20and%20October%202020%20.xls

TABLE B. Total Number of Working Children 5 to 17 Yrs Old and Perc Dist, by Sex, by Age Grp, by Broad Ind Grp, by Hrs Worked, and by Reg, Phil Oct 2019 and Oct 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/TABLE%20B.%20Total%20Number%20of%20Working%20Children%20%205%20to%2017%20Yrs%20Old%20and%20Perc%20Dist%2C%20by%20Sex%2C%20by%20Age%20Grp%2C%20by%20Broad%20Ind%20Grp%2C%20by%20Hrs%20Worked%2C%20and%20by%20Reg%2C%20Phil%20Oct%202019%20and%20Oct%202020.xls

Table C- Total Number of Working Children 5 to 17 Years Old and Proportion of Child Laborers by Region, October 2019 and 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/Table%20C-%20Total%20Number%20of%20Working%20Children%20%205%20to%2017%20Years%20Old%20and%20Proportion%20of%20Child%20Laborers%20by%20Region%2C%20October%202019%20and%202020%20.xls

b) Survey on Children
TABLE 1 Children 5 to 17 years old by employment status and region: 2011 SOC: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/TABLE%201%20%20Children%205%20to%2017%20years%20old%20by%20employment%20status%20and%20region%202011%20SOC.pdf

TABLE 2 Working children 5 to 17 years old by type of work, sex, age group and region : 2011 SOC: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/TABLE%202%20%20Working%20children%20%205%20to%2017%20years%20old%20by%20type%20of%20work%2C%20sex%2C%20age%20group%20and%20region%202011%20SOC.pdf

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