Many children in Brazil begin working at age 7 to help support their families financially. A study found over 560,000 children work as domestic workers, and about 7 million children work overall in Brazil, mainly in rural areas or cities. While Brazil has had anti-child labor laws since 1891 and offers incentives for families to send children to school, enforcement has been a challenge as child labor is still seen as normal by some. Children can begin full-time work at age 15, but have some protections up to age 18, and commonly work in domestic jobs, food stands, car washes and other informal occupations that do not require much effort but can negatively impact their education.