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Labor > Economically active children Stats: compare key data on Jamaica & Kenya

Definitions

  • Female: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey.
    % of female children ages 7-14
  • Male: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey.
    % of male children ages 7-14
  • Study and work: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Study and work refer to children attending school in combination with economic activity.
    % of economically active children, ages 7-14
  • Study and work > % of economically active children > Ages 7-14: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Study and work refer to children attending school in combination with economic activity.
  • Study and work > Female: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Study and work refer to children attending school in combination with economic activity.
    % of female economically active children, ages 7-14
  • Study and work > Male: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Study and work refer to children attending school in combination with economic activity.
    % of male economically active children, ages 7-14
  • Total: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey.
    % of children ages 7-14
  • Total > % of children ages 7-14: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey.
  • Work only: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Work only refers to children involved in economic activity and not attending school.
    % of economically active children, ages 7-14
  • Work only > % of economically active children > Ages 7-14: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Work only refers to children involved in economic activity and not attending school.
  • Work only > Female: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Work only refers to children involved in economic activity and not attending school.
    % of female economically active children, ages 7-14
STAT Jamaica Kenya HISTORY
Female 0.6%
Ranked 34th.
4.42%
Ranked 30th. 7 times more than Jamaica

Male 1.5%
Ranked 34th.
3.74%
Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Jamaica

Study and work 82.9%
Ranked 9th. About the same as Kenya
82.71%
Ranked 11th.

Study and work > % of economically active children > Ages 7-14 97.5%
Ranked 6th. 14% more than Kenya
85.9%
Ranked 8th.

Study and work > Female 92.5%
Ranked 8th. 15% more than Kenya
80.41%
Ranked 13th.

Study and work > Male 78.8%
Ranked 12th.
85.16%
Ranked 9th. 8% more than Jamaica

Total 1.1%
Ranked 34th.
4.08%
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than Jamaica

Total > % of children ages 7-14 9.8%
Ranked 19th.
37.7%
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Jamaica

Work only 17.1%
Ranked 26th.
17.29%
Ranked 24th. 1% more than Jamaica

Work only > % of economically active children > Ages 7-14 2.5%
Ranked 23th.
14.1%
Ranked 16th. 6 times more than Jamaica

Work only > Female 7.5%
Ranked 27th.
19.59%
Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Jamaica

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Understanding Children's Work project based on data from ILO, UNICEF and the World Bank.

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