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Philippine Labor Force Survey April 2000
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Persons aged 15 years old and over in April 2000 increased by 2.6 percent compared to last year. However, the labor force in April 2000 decreased by 1.7 percent, notably in Mindanao.
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Philippine Labor Force Survey January 2000
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Compared to January 1999, labor force population was 680 thousand more than in January 2000, increasing the number of employed up by 527 thousand (1.9%) and the number of unemployed by 153 thousand (5.5%).
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Philippine Labor Force Survey October 1999
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Labor force population increased by 2.3 percent from last year's October figure, bringing the number of employed up by 741 thousand (2.6%) and decreasing the number of unemployed by 19 thousand (0.6%).
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Philippine Labor Force Survey July 1999
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Labor force is 1.12 million more than in July 1998, bringing the number of employed up by 1.2 million and decreasing the number of unemployed by 79 thousand.
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Philippine Labor Force Survey April 1999
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Labor force is 1.3 million more than in April 1998, bringing number of employed up by 1.7 million and increasing employment rate from 86.7 percent to 88.2 percent.
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Philippine Labor Force Survey: January 1999
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Labor force in January 1999 increased by 3.1 percent to 31.2 million from 30.2 million last year with 679 thousand addition to the employed and 249 thousand increment to the unemployed.
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Philippine Labor Force Survey: October 1998
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Labor force was 1.013 million more than in October 1997, with 374 thousand finding work bringing the number of unemployed to 639 thousand and the unemployment rate to 9.6 percent.
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Philippine Labor Force Survey: July 1998
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Labor force is 1.5 million less than in April 1998, bringing number of unemployed down by 1.5 million and unemployment rate down from 13.3 percent to 8.9 in July.
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Philippine Labor Force Survey April 1998 Over April 1997
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There was an increase of 745 thousand persons (2.4 %) in the labor force from April 1997 to April 1998.
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January 1998 Philippine Labor Force Survey Highlights: January 1998 Over January 1997
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The labor force population of the country in January 1998 reached 30.2 million, higher by 608 thousand or 2.1 percent over the January 1997 estimate. However, the corresponding labor force participation rate dropped from 65.4 percent in January 1997…
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