OBJECTIVES: To identify the occupations performed by teens participating in a social service program for youth and to evaluate their integration in school, after entering the world of work. METHODS: A descriptive, quantitative study, conducted together with a program of support and care for young people, by means of which 437 young workers were interviewed. RESULTS: The majority were male (54%), with a mean age of 16 years, attending high school, working as office boys (36.4%), administrative assistants (25.4%), receptionists (16 , 0%) and parking lot attendants (12.6%). An educational delay was found in 95.8% of these individuals, indicating a disconnect between their completed educational grade and their chronological age; however, performance in school seemed not to have been harmed by work. CONCLUSION: One should be cautious when introducing the adolescent into the labor market, because aspects such as fatigue, lack of time to study, among others, may have implications on the school activities.
Child labor; Adolescent; Education; Workers; Work
