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The survey defines child laborers as those who are too young to work or who are involved in hazardous activities that may impair their physical, mental, social, or educational development. For the International Labor Organization, child labor encompasses most productive activities performed by children, whether for the market or not, whether paid or unpaid, whether for a few hours or full time, whether occasional or regular, whether in the formal or informal sector, and whether legal or illegal. It excludes household chores performed in the child’s own household and school activities. Work in family businesses and household production activities are included, as well as work done in another household for an employer.
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Charbit, Y., Omrane, M. (2023). The Work of Adolescents. In: Gender Inequalities and Vulnerability of sub-Saharan Adolescents. Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38096-9_7
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