Distribution of occupational and educational outcomes of working children >4 to ≤18 years stratified by sex (n=4377)
| Full sample | Male | Female | P value | ||||
| Total, n | 4377 | 2285 | 2092 | ||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Age, years | 12.8 | 3.1 | 12.6 | 3.1 | 13.0 | 3.0 | <0.001 |
| Age started working, years | 10.9 | 2.9 | 10.7 | 2.9 | 11.1 | 2.8 | <0.001 |
| Duration of work, years | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | <0.05 |
| Hours worked daily | 6.6 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 2.6 | <0.001 |
| Hours doing housework weekly | 6.3 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 9.9 | 7.8 | <0.001 |
| Past 30 days wage, US$ | 72.2 | 58.9 | 69.7 | 61.8 | 74.9 | 55.5 | <0.01 |
| N | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Suffering from illness or disability | 808 | 18.5 | 424 | 18.6 | 384 | 18.4 | 0.865 |
| Currently enrolled in school | 800 | 18.3 | 447 | 19.6 | 353 | 16.9 | <0.05 |
| Ever injured at work | 1326 | 30.3 | 785 | 34.4 | 541 | 25.9 | <0.001 |
| Uses sharp or heavy objects at work | 1483 | 33.9 | 731 | 32.0 | 752 | 35.9 | <0.01 |
| Gives wages to parent* | 2303 | 57.8 | 1142 | 54.3 | 1161 | 61.7 | <0.001 |
| Takes time off work weekly† | 1818 | 41.5 | 1024 | 44.8 | 794 | 38.0 | <0.001 |
| Reason for not attending school‡ | |||||||
| I started working. | 1803 | 50.5 | 902 | 49.2 | 901 | 51.8 | <0.001 |
| There isn’t a nearby school. | 532 | 14.9 | 304 | 16.6 | 228 | 13.1 | |
| I don’t have time to go to school. | 369 | 10.3 | 177 | 9.6 | 192 | 11.0 | |
| My parents were unable to pay. | 269 | 7.5 | 136 | 7.4 | 133 | 7.7 | |
| I don’t feel it is useful/I don’t like it. | 257 | 7.2 | 146 | 8.0 | 111 | 6.4 | |
| Other | 343 | 9.7 | 170 | 9.3 | 173 | 9.9 | |
| Decision to work taken by: | |||||||
| Person himself/herself | 2619 | 59.8 | 1404 | 61.4 | 1215 | 58.1 | <0.001 |
| Mother | 886 | 20.2 | 417 | 18.2 | 469 | 22.4 | |
| Father | 765 | 17.5 | 423 | 18.5 | 342 | 16.3 | |
| Other | 107 | 2.5 | 41 | 1.9 | 66 | 3.1 | |
| Reason to start work§ | |||||||
| To support the family | 3748 | 85.6 | 1946 | 85.2 | 1802 | 86.1 | 0.359 |
| To earn money | 2703 | 61.8 | 1425 | 62.4 | 1278 | 61.1 | 0.387 |
| Field of work§ | |||||||
| Agriculture | 3275 | 74.8 | 1497 | 65.5 | 1778 | 85.0 | <0.001 |
| Waste picking | 232 | 5.3 | 164 | 7.2 | 68 | 3.3 | <0.001 |
| Construction | 149 | 3.4 | 149 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.001 |
| Street services | 121 | 2.8 | 79 | 3.5 | 42 | 2.0 | <0.01 |
| Car wash | 100 | 2.3 | 97 | 4.3 | 3 | 0.1 | <0.001 |
| Mechanics | 79 | 1.8 | 79 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.001 |
| Other | 494 | 11.3 | 287 | 12.6 | 207 | 9.9 | <0.01 |
Due to respondents answering ’I don’t know’ or respondents only answering parts of the survey depending on earlier answers, the total numerators/denominators are *3985/3985, †4376/4377 and ‡3573/3577.
§Total greater than 100% as more than one option possible.