In 2002 the International Labor Organization (ILO) teamed up with
Costa Rica's National Institute of Statics (INEC) to include a
Infant Labor module in the annual Survey for Mulitple Purposes --
Poverty, Income, Housing.

The 2002 snapshot of the situation turned out as follows:


http://www.inec.go.cr/06Publicaciones/0 ... eciales/07%
20Tríptico%20Encuesta%20de%20Trabajo%20Infantil%20y%20Adolescente/CR-
TRIP.pdf


Ch*ldren between 5-17 years --- 1.113.987
Working Ch*ldren --- 113.523 (10.2%) 31 hrs per week
Female --- 27.3% 28 hrs per week
Male --- 72.7% 32 hrs

5-9 years of age --- 11.5% 8 hrs
10-14 --- 31.8% 22 hrs
15-17 --- 56.6% 36 hrs

Urban --- 31.6% 32 hrs
Rural --- 68.4% 31 hrs

What do they do?

Agriculture and the like --- 44.2%
Manufacturing Industry --- 9.0%
Commerce, hotels, --- 26.6%
Comunity, social Services --- 9.6%
Other --- 10.6%


Do they get paid?

Family work -non-remunerated -- 43.7%
Salaried -- 40.2%
Own Account -- 11.1%
Other -- 5.1%