TNAG-0967-FCO40-1186-Employment-of-children-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 75

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Employment of Children aged 12 and 13

Economically active children aged 12 - 13

Industrial Non-industrial unclassified Total

Total number of persons aged 12-13

Appendix I

Labour force partici- pation rate of children aged 12 13 in indus- trial sector(illegally unemployed)

G

Overall labour force partici- pation rate of children aged 12-3

Census

1971 Census

1976

9,183

1,968

601

11,752

210,094

4.4%

5.6%

1976 By-Census

5,510

2,450

870

8,830

221,860

2.5%

4.0%

Labour Force Surveys

March 1977

ΝΑ

NA

NA

4,700

227,000

NA

2.1%

September 1977

NA

ΝΑ

NA

3,600

218,000

NA

1.6%

March 1978

NA

NA

NA

3,000

207,200

NA

1.5%

September 1978

1,400

500

200

2,100

205,800

0.7%

1.0%

March 1979

September 1979

Notes:

1,500

200

100

1,800

200,500

0.7%

0.9%

1,000

300

200

1,500

193,100

0.5%

0.8%

(a)

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(b)

(c)

Economically active children are defined as persons aged 12 and 13 who were engaged in productive work for at least 15 hours during the seven days prior to enumeration, and persons aged 12 and 13 who would have been engaged in productive work but were unemployed at the time of enumeration.

The total number of persons aged 12 - 13 is based on Census figures and subsequent population projection

Labour force participation rate of children aged 12 and 13 is defined as the proportion which the number of persons aged 12 and 13 who were working or unemployed bears to the total number of persons aged 12 and 13.

Not available.

(a)

NA =

(e)

Next full Census will be taken in 1981.

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