2011 Survey on Children

A Joint Project of the Philippine National Statistics Office

and International Labour Organization

Presented By:

Carmelita N. ErictaAdministrator, National Statistics Office

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Outline of PresentationDefinition of Terms

Features on the Questionnaire

Highlights of the 2011 SOC (Preliminary Results)

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Working Children Child Labor Hazardous Child Labor

Children 5 to 17 years old who worked even for only one hour during the past 12 months

Working children who reported to have worked in hazardous industries and occupations and worked for long hours and/or at night (in industries and occupations not designated as hazardous) [RA 9231]

Working children who reported to have worked in hazardous industries and occupations

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Type of HazardsChemical Physical Biological

Work involves exposure to• Dust (e.g. silica,

dust, sanding dust)• Liquid (e.g. oil,

gasoline, mercury)• Mist, fumes or

vapors (e.g. paint, insecticides or pesticide spraying)

• Gas (e.g. oxygen, ammonia)

• Others, specify

Work involves exposure to• Noise• Temperature or

humidity• Pressure• Inadequate illumination

or lighting• Slip, trip or fall hazards• Insufficient exit for

prompt escape• Congested lay-out• Radiation, ultraviolet or

microwave• Others, specify

Work involves exposure to• Viral• Bacterial• Fungal• Parasitic (e.g.

drinking infected water with amoeba

• Others, specify

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Permissible Work

5 to 14 Years Old 15 to 17 Years Old

Non‐hazardous4 hours/day 8 hours/day

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The screening questions asked if the child engaged in any work for at least one hour during the past twelve months.

Right after are the screening questionsseven follow-up questions were framed to ask theclassification of the possible activities of the childduring the past 12 months

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Seven follow-up questions:

During the past week, did you do any of the following activities even for only one hour:

a. Run or do any kind of business, big or small, by yourself or with one or more partners?

b. Do any work for wage, salary, commission or any payment in kind (excluding domestic work)?

c. Do any work as domestic worker for a wage, salary or any payment in kind?

d. Help without pay in own household-operated business of any kind?

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continuation…

Did you do any of the following activities even for only one hour:

e. Do any work on your own or your household’s plot, farm, food garden, or help in growing farm produce or in looking afteranimals that you own or own by your household or those of other household’s?

f. Do any construction or major repair work on your own home, plot, or business or those of other household’s

g. Catch any fish, prawns, shells, wild animals or other food for sale or for your household’s consumption?

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Population5‐17 year old Children

29.019 M

Not Working81%                 

(23.53 M)

Working18.9%                    (5.49 M)

Hazardous Child Labor98.9%        (2.99 M)

Other Child Labor 

(Long hours)1.1%

Child Labor55.1%          (3.03 M)

Not Child Labor (Permissible Work)

44.9%           (2.46 M)

Worst form of Child Labor

Preliminary Results

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Children in Hazardous Labor by Age Group

1,999

115

869 1,015 994

72

458 464

-

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

All Ages 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 17

Boys Girls

Figure 1. Number of Children Engaged in Hazardous LaborBy Age Group, Philippines: 2011

(in thousands)

Children in Hazardous Labor by Region

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316

70

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Figure 2. Number of Children Engaged in Hazardous Labor by Region, Philippines: 2011

Region

In th

ousa

nds

Children in Hazardous Labor by School Attendance and Age Group

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47.3

13.3

9.0

52.7

86.7

91.0

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0

15 to 17

10 to 14

5 to 9

Attending school Not attending school

Figure 3. Percent of Children Engaged in Hazardous Labor by School Attendance and Age Group, Philippines: 2011

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Chemical  Hazards Physical Hazards

Biological Hazards

13.7 %9.1 %

39.9 %19.1 %

10.4 %

1.8 %

6.1 %

Figure 4. Venn Diagram of Children Engaged in Hazardous Labor by Type of Hazards, Philippines: 2011

Children in Hazardous Labor by Type of Hazards

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Children in Hazardous Labor by Reasons for Working

1.0

1.0

4.6

5.7

6.4

9.0

30.0

42.2

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

To help pay family debts

To earn money to start own business

To appreciate value of work

Others, like buy things for self, "baon" forschooling, and others

To pay for own schooling

To gain experience or acquire training

To supplement family income or importantto family well-being

To help in own household-operated farmor business

Figure 5. Percent of Children Engaged in Hazardous Labor by Reasons for Working, Philippines: 2011

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Children in Hazardous Labor by Major Industry Group

7.6

30.1

62.4

8.7

23.3

67.9

5.2

43.6

51.2

0 20 40 60 80

Industry

Services

Agriculture

Girls Boys Both Sexes

Figure 6. Percent of Children Engaged in Hazardous Labor by Major Industry Group of the Primary Occupation, Philippines: 2011

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Children in Hazardous Labor by Class of Worker

0.3

0.5

0.8

1.8

2.7

5.6

6.7

26.2

55.3

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0

Home-based worker/Employer in ownhousehold-operated farm or business

Worker in government or governmentcorporation

Unpaid worker for other members whowork for others

Paid worker on own household-operatedfarm or business

Worker on own household

Self-employed without any paid employee

Worker in private household

Worker in private establishment

Unpaid worker in own household-operatedfarm or business

Figure 7. Percent of Children Engaged in Hazardous Labor by Class of Worker, Philippines: 2011

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Children in Hazardous Labor by Place of Work

0.7

0.7

1.5

1.8

4.9

5.1

8.9

9.0

12.2

55.4

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0

Mines & Office

Factory

Construction sites or quarry sites

Other person's house

Employer's house

Market place

Others like seas and oceans

Street

Own house

Farm

Figure 8. Percent of Children Engaged in Hazardous Labor by Place of Work, Philippines: 2011

Table 1. Sampling Errors and Coefficients of Variation of Estimate of Number of Working Children 5 to 17 Years Old by Sex, by Region and by Type of Child Labor, Philippines: October 2011

Category Estimate Standard Error Coefficient of Variation (%)

95% Confidence Interval Lower Upper

Working Children 5,492,267 93,323 1.7 5,309,265 5,675,269

SexBoys 3,287,651 61,136 1.9 3,167,767 3,407,535 Girls 2,204,616 48,670 2.2 2,109,177 2,300,055

RegionNational Capital Region 579,242 57,737 10.0 466,023 692,461 Cordillera Administrative Region 150,354 17,159 11.4 116,707 184,001 Ilocos Region 443,068 31,944 7.2 380,427 505,709 Cagayan Valley 332,656 25,120 7.6 283,397 381,915 Central Luzon 824,124 51,258 6.2 723,611 924,637 CALABARZON 1,077,172 64,202 6.0 951,276 1,203,067 MIMAROPA 485,875 42,850 8.8 401,848 569,901 Bicol 808,507 46,542 5.8 717,241 899,773 Western Visayas 872,426 55,258 6.3 764,069 980,783 Central Visayas 1,045,238 82,967 7.9 882,544 1,207,931 Eastern Visayas 722,534 60,398 8.4 604,098 840,970 Zamboanga Peninsula 646,119 51,495 8.0 545,140 747,098 Northern Mindanao 724,484 51,294 7.1 623,900 825,068 Davao 590,338 50,678 8.6 490,962 689,715 SOCCSKSARGEN 538,493 43,471 8.1 453,250 623,736 Caraga 232,830 20,490 8.8 192,649 273,010 ARMM 382,670 27,712 7.2 328,327 437,012

Type of Child LaborHazardous 2,992,999 71,686 2.4 2,852,427 3,133,571 Non-Hazardous child labor 34,676 4,883 14.1 25,100 44,251 Not Child labor 2,464,593 64,022 2.6 2,339,050 2,590,135

Source: Preliminary Results, 2011 Survey on Children (SOC)

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