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    Child labor remains a significant problem in the Philippines, with over 2 million children between ages 5-17, or 95%, working in dangerous jobs according to a 2011 government survey. Most child laborers work in agriculture, domestic work, mines, or on the streets, depriving them of their education, health, and development. While children ages 15-17 can legally work, 69% of child laborers are in that age group but still face risks in hazardous occupations.

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    Child labor remains a significant problem in the Philippines, with over 2 million children between ages 5-17, or 95%, working in dangerous jobs according to a 2011 government survey. Most child laborers work in agriculture, domestic work, mines, or on the streets, depriving them of their education, health, and development. While children ages 15-17 can legally work, 69% of child laborers are in that age group but still face risks in hazardous occupations.

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    CHILD LABOUR IN PHILIPPINES

    kid labor is any employment that robs a kid of their childhood, their potential, their dignity, and is detrimental to their
    physical and mental growth. According to the 2011 Survey on Children of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), there
    are 2.1 million child laborers in the Philippines between the ages of 5 and 17. 95 percent of them work in dangerous jobs.
    69 percent of these are between the ages of 15 and 17, which is the minimum legal age for employment but is nevertheless
    exposed to dangerous jobs.

    Children are employed as domestic labor in industries, farms, perilous mines, on the streets, and in private residences. At
    58%, agriculture continues to be the industry with the highest percentage of child laborers.

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