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View our work on COVID-19 vaccinationsChildren in employment vs hours worked by children, 2016
The horizontal axis shows the share of children ages 7-14 who are involved in an economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the corresponding
survey. The vertical axis shows the average weekly working hours among these economically active children. Colors represent world regions. Bubble sizes are
proportional to the population of the country.
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2016
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- Does the constitution place limits on child employment?
- Global incidence of child labor
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- Global labor force participation rates for children
- Incidence of child labor in the UK
- Incidence of child labor in the United States
- Incidence of child labor in the United States
- Number of children (5-14 years) in employment
- Percentage of children (aged 7-14) in employment by sex
- Share of children aged 5-17 years engaged in labour
- Share of children aged 5-17 years engaged in labour
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- Share of children in employment
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