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Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that
there will be 0 economically active children between the ages of
10-14.
(ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
* 10,165 teenagers between
15-19 years are economically active. (ILO,
Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 1999)
*
In 1995, 0.04% of children between the ages of 10-14, were economically
active. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* The law prohibits
the employment of children younger than the age of 16. This injunction
is generally respected, but some underage children are employed during
summer months, especially as domestics, kitchen helps in restaurants, or
as vendors. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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