702,000 children between seven and 17 years old work in Guatemala

Some stats on child labor in Guatemala:

A total of 702,000 children between seven and 17 years old work in Guatemala, mostly indigenous children from rural areas...

Out of the total, 427,000 are indigenous children, of whom 336,000 live in countryside areas, while 274,846 are from mixed ethnic groups...

One percent of working children, work at night, while a similar percent work from afternoon to evening....

Most working children in Guatemala (60.5 percent) have unpaid jobs, 19.1 percent work for private individuals, 13.6 percent are laborers, 2.9 percent carry out housework and only 1.1 percent work for themselves, while 2.8 percent refused to answer this question.

97.2 percent of respondents ruled out having access to social insurance, while 11.5 percent said they worked exposed to toxic substances.

See also this article from Alberto Arce on Poverty, violence push Honduran children to work from December.