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Female OFWs Are Younger Compared To Male OFWs Results from the 2007 Survey on Overseas Filipinos
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The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2007 was registered at 1.75 million. This number represents an increase of 15.3 percent over the estimated 1.52 million OFWs in April to…
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Employment Rate Estimated at 92.6 Percent in January 2008 Results from the January 2008 Labor Force Survey (LFS)
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The unemployment rate in January 2008 was estimated at 7.4 percent. Among the regions, the NCR had the highest unemployment rate. It registered a 2-digit unemployment rate of 12.5 percent. Males had higher unemployment rate of 7.8 percent compared…
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Lower Unemployment Rate in October 2007 Compared to Last Year Results from the October 2007 Labor Force Survey (LFS)
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The laborers and unskilled workers constituted the largest occupation group with 32.0 percent of the total employed population. Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen registered the next largest group of workers, comprising 18.7 percent of the…
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Employment Rate Registered at 92.2 Percent in July 2007 Results from the July 2007 Labor Force Survey (LFS)
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The number of unemployed persons in July 2007 was reported at 2.8 million, resulting to an unemployment rate of 7.8 percent. Two regions recorded a double-digit unemployment rate, namely, National Capital Region (NCR) at 13.1 percent and Central…
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Employment Rate in April 2007 is Higher Compared to Rate in Last Year Results from the April 2007 Labor Force Survey (LFS)
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The employment rate, or proportion of employed persons to total labor force, was 92.6 percent in April 2007 which is higher than last year's rate of 91.8 percent. Across regions, Cagayan Valley recorded the highest employment rate with 97.0 percent…
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One in Three Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) is a Laborer or Unskilled Worker (Results from the 2006 Survey on Overseas Filipinos)
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The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2006 reached 1.52 million. The 2006 estimate represents an increase of 14.3 percent over the 1.33 million OFWs estimated for the period…
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Employment Rate Registered at 92.2 Percent in January 2007 Results from the January 2007 Labor Force Survey (LFS)
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The employment rate in January 2007 was estimated at 92.2 percent, which placed the unemployment rate at 7.8 percent. This means that nine in every 10 persons in the labor force were employed. By comparison, the employment rate in January 2006 was…
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Unemployment Rate Estimated at 7.3 Percent in October 2006 Results from the October 2006 Labor Force Survey (LFS)
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The number of employed persons in October 2006 was estimated at 33.2 million. This is 310 thousand higher than the reported figure of 32.9 million in October 2005. The estimated employment rate in October 2006 was 92.7 percent.
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One Out of Five Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs ) is in Saudi Arabia (Results from the 2005 Survey on Overseas Filipinos)
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The 2005 estimate of OFWs is 12.5 percent more than the 1.18 million OFWs estimated for the period April to September 2004. The overseas contract workers (OCWs) or those with existing work-contract comprised 91.6 percent of the total OFWs during the…
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Employment Rate in July this Year was 92.0 Percent : Results from the July 2006 Labor Force Survey (LFS)
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The number of wage and salary workers was estimated at 17.5 million, up by 7.5 percent from the July 2005 figure of 16.3 million. The increase was mostly due to the 712 thousand increase in the services sector and 464 thousand in agriculture sector…
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