Committee on the rights of the child

II. General information A. Definition of child

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The legislative provisions in force in El Salvador regarding the definition of “child”, already described in the second periodic report, were not changed substantially during the reporting period.^³

According to projections by the General Directorate for Statistics and Censuses of the Ministry of Economy (DIGESTYC), based on the Multi-Purpose Household Survey (EHPM), around 2006 the percentage of the country’s population aged under 18 was calculated at 43.83 per cent, 51.13 per cent of whom being boys and 48.87 per cent girls.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 contain data on the child population by gender, age group and urban or rural origin, calculated for 2006.

Source: Ministry of the Economy, DIGESTYC, EHPM. 2006

Total national urban population
Age group	Total	Gender
Age group	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,556,719	802,490	754,229
0 – 4	363,773	192,003	171,770
5 – 9	464,349	236,122	228,227
10 – 14	467,817	243,182	224,635
15 – 17	260,780	131,183	129,597

Source: Ministry of the Economy, DIGESTYC, EHPM. 2006

Total rural population of the country
Age group	Total	Gender
Age group	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,275,502	645,534	629,968
0 – 4	302,735	149,992	152,743
5 – 9	387,322	195,299	192,023
10 – 14	383,103	201,294	181,809
15 – 17	202,342	98,949	103,393

Source: Ministry of the Economy, DIGESTYC, EHPM, 2006.

Annex I contains data on the child population by gender, age group and urban or rural origin, for the period 2004–2005.
The Ministry of the Economy is processing the data from the 2007 National Population and Housing Census. The final results will be ready in the first quarter of 2008 and the section on general population information of the basic country document will be updated accordingly then.
The Salvadoran Institute for Full Development of Children and Adolescents (ISNA)^⁴ has developed an Child Information System (SIPI). The system incorporates indicators in the areas of prevention with initial education, protection with care for children and adolescents whose rights have been violated, and re-education for adolescents in conflict with the current Juvenile Criminal Justice Act.
The indicators are listed in Annex II.

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