At head of title: International programme on the elimination of child labour (IPEC), Statistical information and monitoring programme on child labour (SIMPOC)

INTRODUCTION
1 MAIN FINDINGS
1.1 Children in economic activity
1.1.1 By age group
1.1.2 By gender
1.1.3 By region
1.1.4 Comparing the results with the old estimates
1.2 Child labour
1.2.1 by age group
1.2.2 by gender
1.3 Children in hazardous work
1.3.1 By age group
1.3.2 By gender
1.4 Children in unconditional worst forms of child labour
2 GENERAL DEFINITIONS
2.1 Child and child age groups
2.2 Work
2.3 Child labour
2.4 Hazardous work
2.5 Unconditional worst forms of child labour
2.5.1 Trafficking of children
2.5.2 Children in forced and bonded labour
2.5.3 Chldren in armed conflict
2.5.4 Children in prostitution and pornography
2.5.5 Children in illicit activities
3. METHODOLOGY
3.1.1 Sources
3.1.2 Harmonization
3.1.3 Global inference and regional breakdown
3.1.4 Evaluation
3.2 Estimates on child labour and childen in hazardous work
3.2.1 Data sources
3.2.2 Extrapolation
3.2.3 Evaluation
3.3 Estimates on unconditional worst forms of child labour
APPENDICES
1. Standardization of age groups
2. Harmonization of differences in survey methodologies
3. Hazardous occupation and processes in national legislation

This document presents the results of ILO research on the global magnitude of child labour. It introduces new global estimates for economic activity by children and child labour in the sense of ILO Conventions Nos. 138 and 182. It has also attempted to estimate the extent of children in hazardous work and other worst forms of child labour. The project on the new global child labour estimates provided an important input into two major ILO activities: (a) the drafting of the 2002 Global Report on Child Labour and (b) IPEC research on the economic costs and benefits of the elimination of child labour. The document is divided into three main sections. Section One presents the main findings; Sections Two and Three introduce definitions and methodologies. Data are presented in tables and charts. Some of the specific technical assumptions and harmonization techniques are provided as appendices.

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