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Child Labor, Nutritional Status, and Academic Performance of Filipino Children



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Marilyn D. Cardoso
Jojit M. Casiño

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DOI:10.17265/2161-6248/2015.09B.007

Samar State University, Catbalogan City, Philippines
Department of Education (Samar Division), Catbalogan City, Philippines

This study explored the relationships among child labor practices (domestic, fishing/farming, scavenging, and street vending), nutritional status, and academic performance of in-school child laborers in the Province of Samar. Results showed that children who spend more labor hours in street vending derived more income from child labor, had low scores in an attitude towards schooling scale, and had low academic performance. Children who spend more labor hours in domestic activities had better nutritional status and better academic performance. Further investigation along study habits, eating practices, and academic performance of child laborers engaged in the different types of child labor may generate useful findings for possible intervention programs.

child labor hours, domestic, fishing/farming, street vending, in-school children