Children in employment vs. hours worked by children, 2016
The horizontal axis shows the share of children ages 7-14 who are involved in an economic activity for at least onehour in the reference week of the corresponding survey. The vertical axis shows the average weekly working hoursamong these economically active children. Colors represent world regions. Bubble sizes are proportional to thepopulation of the country.
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