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Various measures of child labor incidence, 1851 to 2012

The series World ILO-EPEAP, as well as the series for England and Italy, cover working children aged 10-14. The series for the US covers working children aged
10-13. The series World ILO-IPEC covers children aged 5-17.

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Source: England: Cunningham, H. and Viazzo, P.P. (1996); Italy: Tonioli and Vecchi (2007); US: Long (1958); World (1950-1995): International Labor Organisation Programme on Estimates and
Projections on the Elimination of of Child Labor (ILO-EPEAP). Basu, 1999; World (2000-2012): International Labor Organisation Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC). ILO, 2013.