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Hobbs, Sandy; And Others – British Journal of Education and Work, 1996
Review of research over 2 decades suggests that two-thirds to three-quarters of British children have some experience of paid employment by the minimum school-leaving age (16). Recent studies in England and Scotland confirm that 2.2-2.6 million children worked at some time before age 16. (SK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Labor, Children, Foreign Countries
