Research Article
Incidence of Child Labour and Child Schooling in India: Pattern and Determinants
Table 3
Percentage distribution of child labour by National Industrial Classification (NIC), 2004-05*.
| Industry | Rural male | Rural female | Urban male | Urban female |
| Agriculture, hunting, and forestry; fishing | 70.48 | 75.57 | 10.22 | 10.11 | Manufacturing | 10.64 | 17.57 | 29.24 | 55.32 | Construction | 3.78 | 1.29 | 6.60 | 4.26 | Retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, and so forth | 7.21 | 1.29 | 33.00 | 8.5 | Hotels and restaurants | 2.40 | 0.57 | 11.35 | 1.6 | Others | 5.5 | 3.71 | 9.59 | 20.21 |
| Total | 100.01 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
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*Industrial categories are merged according to cluster of child labourers in different industries.
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