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

^*Industrial categories are merged according to cluster of child labourers in different industries.