• Child Labor in US - Economic History Association (2017)

  • Entity Year Child Labor- Boys (%) (Economic History Association (2017)) Child Labor- Girls (%) (Economic History Association (2017)) Child Labor- All (%) (Economic History Association (2017))
    United States 1930 6.4 3.9 5.72
    United States 1900 26.1 6.4 17.53
    United States 1880 33.5 12.2 23.93
  • Total/all figures on child labour have been calculated as a weighted-average based on male:female ratio of 10-14 year-olds in the US from the United States Census Bureau in each respective year.

    References:

    Whaples, Robert. “Child Labor in the United States”. EH.Net Encyclopedia, edited by Robert Whaples. October 7, 2005. Available at: http://eh.net/encyclopedia/child-labor-in-the-united-states/

    Carter, Susan and Richard Sutch. “Fixing the Facts: Editing of the 1880 U.S. Census of Occupations with Implications for Long-Term Labor Force Trends and the Sociology of Official Statistics.” Historical Methods 29 (1996): 5-24

    Historical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to 1970 (1790-1970). Available at: https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1975/compendia/hist_stats_colonial-1970.html

  • Sources

    Data Published By: Whaples, R. Wake Forest University. Economic History Association.

    Data publisher source:1880 figures are based on Carter and Sutch (1996). Other numbers are unadjusted from those reported by the Bureau of the Census

    Link: https://eh.net/encyclopedia/child-labor-in-the-united-states/

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