Lifetime Paid Work and Mental Health Problems among Poor Urban 9-to-13-Year-Old Children in Brazil

Table 1

Type of paid work activities among boys and girls aged 9–13 years that ever worked for pay (𝑛=17) in Embu, São Paulo, Brazil.

Type of paid work	Girls; (𝑛=7); N (%)	Boys; (𝑛=10); N (%)	Total; (𝑛=17); N (%)
Commerce
Helper in mother’s store	2 (28.5)	0 (0.0)	2 (11.7)
Helper in fruit and vegetable market	1 (14.3)	1 (10.0)	2 (11.7)
Fruit selling	0 (0.0)	2 (20.0)	2 (11.7)
Helper in a bakery store	0 (0.0)	1 (10.0)	1 (5.9)
Wrapping products in markets/stores	0 (0.0)	3 (30.0)	3 (17.7)
Other
Baby sitter	1 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (5.9)
Selling cans for recycling	1 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (5.9)
Painting refrigerator magnets	1 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (5.9)
Manual fare collection to transport people on a transit vehicle	1 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (5.9)
Car painter helper in the father’s repair shop	0 (0.0)	1 (10.0)	1 (5.9)
Flyer distribution	0 (0.0)	1 (10.0)	1 (5.9)
A variety of small jobs	0 (0.0)	1 (10.0)	1 (5.9)