DOI: 10.36347/sjavs.2016.v03i05.001

Pages: 337-345

The study entitled, “ Child Labor Contributions of the Household Productivity and Income of Rubber Farmers in Arakan Valley Complex, Province of Cotabato”, was conducted to described the socio-demographic characteristics of the rubber farmers; determine the labor contributions of parents and children in rubber farming and in the different farming activities; the household productivity and income of rubbers farmers; difference between the parents and child labor contributions: influence of the child labor contributions on the household income derived from rubber farming and from other farming activities; influence of the number of working children on the household farming productivity; and influence of the number of working children on the number of household farming activities. Rubber grower respondent had an average age of 46. Majority or 81.8% of the respondents were male and 82.8% were married, 84.8% were Catholic and 64.6% belonging to the Ilonggo tribe. Most of the respondents attained elementary and high school education with an average household size of 6 and an average farm size of 1.86. About 76.54% of the total labor input in rubber farming and other farming activities were contributed by the child labor, while only 23.46% of the total labors were contributed by the parents. Rubber had the highest yield per year followed by corn, rice, fruits and lastly vegetables. Only rubber farming showed a significant difference between the parents and the child labor contributions. In rubber farming, only care and maintenance and acid treatment showed a significant influence on the household income, while the total labor cost contributed by the children from the other farming activities had also significantly influenced the household income. Result of the ANOVA revealed that as the number of working children increased, the household income also increased. Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DMRT) showed that the number of children 4-6 and 7-9 had substantially increased the