There are 13 million children in South Africa that are employed as child laborers. Children are employed as young as five years old in South Africa.
Child labor was a staple of the American Industrial Revolution. It is estimated that approximately 1.75 million children were employed during this time period, although the true figure is not known.
There are about 19 million children in Africa, and 2.1 million of them are victims to child trafficking.
There are 218 million child labourers in the world today.
44.6 million children
The answer regarding the number of children working in factories in the US during the industrial revolution cannot be substantiated at all. No one was taking count, and workers were able to leave factories and work on farms.
many jobs were unsafe
The Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 also known as Wick's Bill, was a short-lived statute enacted by the U.S. Congress which sought to address child labor by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed children under fourteen, mines that employed children younger than ...
The affect the investigations of child labor had on the industry proved that the children whether an apprentice child or a free labor child, had long working and monotonous hours which led to accidents as the children became sleepy, bored, or careless. Many children in the factories and mines lost their lives when they were mangled by machinery and mine explosions. In spite of the hazards of using children, the employers found them very useful and cheap.
Norma Odom Pecora has written: 'The business of children's entertainment' -- subject(s): Children's paraphernalia, Child consumers, Motion pictures and children, Children's clothing industry, Television advertising and children, Toy industry, Advertising
around 158 million children aged 5-14 work worldwide
1) Globally, 218 million children are child labourers • 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work • 73 million working children are less than 10 years old • Every year, 22,000 children die in work-related accidents • The largest number of working children-122 million-are in the Asia-Pacific region • The highest proportion of working children is in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly one third of the children aged 14 and under (48 million children) are in the labour force • 8.4 million children are trapped in slavery, trafficking, debt bondage, prostitution, pornography and other illicit activities The number of children involved in armed conflicts has increased to about 300,000 over the past decade. Between 40 and 50 per cent of all forced labourers are chidren • 1.2 million of these children have been trafficked (bought and/or sold) Where do children work? • Nearly 70% are in agriculture (rural children, especially girls, usually start working in this industry when they are very young, often between 5 and 7 years of age) • 22% are in services, including wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels, transport, personal services, etc • 9% are in industry, including mining and quarrying, manufacturing and construction See the related link for further information.