Children's rights in Chile are secured by a number of national initiatives supported at all levels of government.
The latest government figures showed that in 2002 the median level of education was 10 years but varied regionally and across age groups.
The World Bank reported that in 2004 more than 90 percent of school-age children attended school.
A 2003 study by the Citizens' Peace Foundation indicated that 60 percent of children surveyed between the ages of seven and 10 had suffered some type of aggression against them or their belongings either inside or outside their homes.
Since June 2003 the government's National Children's Service (SENAME) assisted more than 2,100 victims of commercial juvenile sexual exploitation.