Child labour statistics describe the extent and characteristics of children engaged in work that is harmful or interferes with schooling. ILO estimates are based primarily on household survey data collected with national statistical offices. Detailed tools, microdata and survey documentation are available through the ILO’s Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (SIMPOC).
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Child Labour Statistics (CHILD database)
Concise description of concepts and definitions, uses, sources and limitations for the Child Labour Statistics (CHILD) database.
Hard to see, harder to count: Handbook on forced labour surveys
This revised version of the “Hard to see, harder to count” handbook provides an updated set of tools for the design, implementation and analysis of quantitative surveys on the forced labour of adults.
Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Guidebook on SDG Labour Market Indicators
This Guidebook provides a detailed overview of the labour market indicators included in the Sustainable Development Goals Global Indicator Framework. It is intended to serve as a manual of best practices for calculating and interpreting the SDG labour market indicators, with a view to monitoring progress made at the national and international levels towards the achievement of the SDGs.
Sampling elusive populations: Applications to studies of child labour
This manual complements the earlier volume on Sampling for household-based surveys of child labour brought out by within the framework of the ILO-IPEC Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (SIMPOC) and contributes to survey methodology that goes beyond the particular subject of child labour. Thus, anyone interested in issues and practical solutions to problems such as sampling from imperfect frames or sampling difficult populations would benefit from the contents of this Manual.
Sampling for household-based surveys of child labour
This manual presents a wide range of sampling techniques for household-based child labour surveys with a particular emphasis on sampling design and selection procedures.
Analytical publications
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Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward
Published for the first time jointly by the ILO and UNICEF, as co-custodians of Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the report takes stock of where we stand in the global effort to end child labour.