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TABLE A-1: Estimates of Legal and Illegal Child Labor from Current
Population Survey
Numbers represent estimates for an average week, based on 33
combined monthly files from January 1995 to September 1997.
| | Estimated | Percent engaging in: | Numbers engaging in: | | | Sample total | Any paid Excessive Hazardous Any illegal | Any paid Excessive Hazardous Any illegal | | | size population | work hours occupation labor | work hours occupation labor | | Age | (1) (2) | (3) (4) (5) (6) | (7) (8) (9) (10) | | | | | | |AVERAGE ACROSS YEAR 15-17 | 186,480 11,492,000 | 26.7% 0.3% 0.5% 0.8% | 3,070,500 29,000 62,100 88,200 | | | | | | | 15 | 63,630 3,871,400 | 11.6% 0.8% 0.6% 1.2% | 448,400 29,000 21,300 47,400 | | 16 | 62,556 3,840,800 | 28.3% 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% | 1,087,000 0 11,100 11,100 | | 17 | 60,294 3,779,700 | 40.6% 0.0% 0.8% 0.8% | 1,535,100 0 29,700 29,700 | | | | | | |DURING SCHOOL YEAR 15-17 | 135,196 10,986,800 | 24.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.7% | 2,779,000 35,300 50,000 82,000 | | | | | | | 15 | 46,121 3,865,700 | 9.4% 0.9% 0.4% 1.2% | 362,800 35,300 14,600 46,600 | | 16 | 45,333 3,839,100 | 25.5% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% | 977,500 0 8,600 8,600 | | 17 | 43,742 3,769,600 | 38.3% 0.0% 0.7% 0.7% | 1,441,000 0 26,800 26,800 | | | | | | |DURING SUMMER 15-17 | 51,284 11,583,200 | 34.1% 0.1% 0.9% 1.0% | 3,937,000 10,000 98,300 106,800 | | | | | | | 15 | 17,509 3,886,300 | 18.2% 0.3% 1.1% 1.4% | 706,600 10,000 41,200 49,700 | | 16 | 17,223 3,845,200 | 36.8% 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% | 1,415,700 0 18,600 18,600 | | 17 | 16,552 3,806,700 | 47.7% 0.0% 1.0% 1.0% | 1,817,200 0 38,500 38,500 |
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