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In which sectors of the economy does child labor exist?

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It depends on what you mean by child labor. If you're talking about 16 to 17 year olds, then food service and retail. Children under 16 are much more limited in what they can do. read more

The estimated 300,000 child soldiers and 1.8 million sex industry workers comprise a minority of the 8.4 million in the "unconditional worst forms of child labor," most of whom, 5.7 million, are in forced labor. read more

Although the Constitution of India guarantees free and compulsory education to children between the age of 6 to 14 and prohibits employment of children younger than 14 in 18 hazardous occupations, child labor is still prevalent in the informal sectors of the Indian economy.[3] Child labor violates human rights, and is in contravention of the International Labor Organization (Article 32, Convention Rights of the Child). read more

Legislation has been able to control child labor in the formal sector to some degree. As a result, child labor is most prevalent in the highly unmonitored, informal and rural sectors. For example, 66 percent of officially employed children aged 6 to 14 years in Peru work in the countryside (Boyden 1991). read more

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