Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 02:49 PM, Sep 15, 2023

September 15, 2023

Dear Clarisse Jean Baar,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jun 30, 2023 01:57:49 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Total Number of Working Children.

Your FOI request is approved. 

In reference to your data request, you may refer to our published data below:

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

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

2022 Working Children Situation
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/child-labor-statistics/node/1684060080

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

Table B. Total Number of Working Children 5 to 17 Years Old and Percent Dist, by Sex, by Age Grp, by Broad Industry Grp by Hrs Worked, and by Region, Phil Oct 2020,.xlsx
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/iesd/TABLE%20B.%20Total%20Number%20of%20Working%20Children%20%205%20to%2017%20Years%20Old%20and%20Percent%20Dist%2C%20by%20Sex%2C%20by%20Age%20Grp%2C%20by%20Broad%20Industry%20Grp%20by%20Hrs%20Worked%2C%20and%20by%20Region%2C%20Phil%20Oct%202020%2C.xlsx

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

Child Poverty Indicators-Labor and Employment
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__LE/?tablelist=true&rxid=c64a49fa-70f2-47ae-8acb-ca33b5d2c60e

Element 6: Work that Should be Abolished
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E6/?tablelist=true&rxid=c64a49fa-70f2-47ae-8acb-ca33b5d2c60e

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

Decent Work in the Philippines: Statistics on Working Children (3rd of a Series on Decent Work Statistics)
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/lsredsd/LABSTAT%2520Updates%2520Vol.%252023%2520No.%25205%2520on%2520Decent%2520Work%2520in%2520the%2520Philippines%2520%2520Statistics%2520on%2520Working%2520Children_0.pdf

DEWS - Decent Work Statistics
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22DEWS%20-%20Decent%20Work%20Statistics%22

Decent Work Statistics - Philippines: Summary Tables (1995-2018)
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=16029&query_desc=se%2Cphr%3A%22DEWS%20-%20Decent%20Work%20Statistics%22

Gender Statistics on Labor and Employment
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22GSLE%20-%20%20Gender%20Statistics%20on%20Labor%20and%20Employment%22

2018 Gender Statistics on Labor and Employment
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15907&query_desc=se%2Cphr%3A%22GSLE%20-%20%20Gender%20Statistics%20on%20Labor%20and%20Employment%22
Note: You may look for Table 6.8 to Table 6.9.

You may also check this link https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psoc/submajor/93 for 2012 Philippine Standard Occupational Classification (PSOC).

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

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