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Definition of "Child"
Under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), "Child" means any person under the age of 18.
Basic data/statistics on children (updated in March 2021)
| Population in HK | 7,474,200 (end-2020) |
| Children aged under 18 years | 1,014,800 (mid-2018) |
| Infant Mortality Rate (Infant mortality refers to death of those aged below 1 year old) |
1.5 (per 1000 registered live births) (2018) |
| Life expectancy at birth | Male: 82.2 years Female: 88.1 years (2019) |
| Total Enrolment in Special Education | 181,200 (2019) |
| Children living under the poverty line | 8,411 (2019) |
| Children with disabilities aged below 18 residing in domestic households (including restriction in body movement, seeing difficulty, hearing difficulty, speech difficulty, mental illness / mood disorder, autism, specific learning difficulties and attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder) | 24,000 (2013) |
| Number of disabled persons aged under 18 not studying | 900 (2013) |
| Juveniles and young persons arrested Juveniles (aged 10-15) Young persons (aged 16-20) |
1,218 2,769 (2020) |
| Newly reported child abuse cases | 940 (Jan-Dec 2020) |
| Free education | 15 years (3 years of half-day kindergarten education, 6 years of primary education, 3 years of secondary education (S1-S3) and 3 years of diploma of secondary education (S4-S6)) |
| Dropout rate (Ages 6-15; Primary 1 to Secondary 3) |
2,150 cases (about 0.40%) Dropout rate = No. cases / Student enrolment of the school year x 100% (2017/18 school year) |
| Age permitting to buy and watch category III films and Class II magazines | Age 18 |
| In accordance with the Prevention of Child Pornography Ordinance, child pornography is defined as | The pornographic visual depiction of a person who is or is depicted as being a person under 16 |
| Age permitting to enter adult game centres | Age 16 |
| Age permitting to enter betting branches | Age 18 |
| Age permitting to buy alcohol products and cigarettes | Age 18 |
| Legal age for tattoo | Age 18 |
| Age permitting to vote | Age 18 |
| Age of getting Hong Kong juvenile identity card | Age 11 |
| Age of getting Hong Kong identity card | Age 18 |
| Age permitting to get married with parents' signature | Age 16 |
| Age permitting to get married without parents' signature | Age 21 |
| Legal age of having sex with person of different sex | Age 16 |
| Legal age of having sex with person of the same sex | Age 16 |
| Legal age for full-time employment | Age 15 |
| Legal age for part-time employment (with the conditions of not affecting normal school education) | Age 13 |
| Age of criminal responsibility | Age 10 |
| Age of child allowed to give unsworn evidence | Age 14 |
| In accordance with the Protection of Children and Juveniles Ordinance, the age of 'child' is defined as | Under 14 |
| Age of offenders being heard in juvenile courts | Under 16 |
Reference
Census and Statistics Department, HKSAR
http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/home/index.jsp
Census and Statistics Department, HKSAR - Miscellaneous Social Surveys
http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/sp453.jsp?productCode=C0000055
Department of Health - Hong Kong Childhood Immunisation Programme
http://www.fhs.gov.hk/english/main_ser/child_health/child_health_recommend.html
Report on Enrolment Statistics 2019/20
https://www.edb.gov.hk/tc/about-edb/publications-stat/figures/index.html
Commission on Poverty - Archives
http://www.povertyrelief.gov.hk/eng/archives.html
Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau - Children's Rights Forum - Children Statistics and Information (Chinese Version only)
http://www.cmab.gov.hk/en/issues/child_statistics.htm
Department of Justice - Bilingual Laws Information System
http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm
Hong Kong Police Force - Crime Statistics
https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/09_statistics/index.html
Spouse/Cohabitant Battering and Sexual Violence Cases
https://www.swd.gov.hk/vs/index_c.html#s3
Trends of Infant Mortality in Hong Kong 1951 to 2018
https://www.statistics.gov.hk/pub/B72003FB2020XXXXB0100.pdf
Legislative Council Subcommittee on Integrated Education - Reports
http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr15-16/english/panels/ed/ed_ie/reports/ie_rpt.htm
