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Employment Rate in April 2017 is Estimated at 94.3 Percent
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The employment rate in April 2017 was estimated at 94.3 percent. In April 2016, the employment rate was 93.9 percent.
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Employment rate in January 2017 is estimated at 93.4 percent
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The employment rate in January 2017 was estimated at 93.4 percent. Four regions, namely, Ilocos Region (91.3%), National Capital Region (NCR) (91.5%), Caraga (91.5%), and CALABARZON (91.8%) had the lowest employment rates (Table 4). The labor…
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2016 Annual Labor and Employment Status
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The preliminary results of the Annual Labor and Employment Estimates for 2016 based on the average of the four (4) LFS rounds (January, April, July and October) reported an annual labor force participation rate of 63.4 percent out of the 68.1…
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Employment Rate in October 2016 is Estimated at 95.3 Percent
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The employment rate in October 2016 was estimated at 95.3 percent. Five regions, namely, CALABARZON (93.8%), National Capital Region (NCR) (94.1%), Central Luzon (94.3%), Ilocos Region (94.6%), and Central Visayas (94.9%) had employment rates lower…
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Employment Rate in July 2016 is Estimated at 94.6 Percent
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The employment rate in July 2016 was estimated at 94.6 percent. Four regions, namely, CALABARZON (92.4%), National Capital Region (NCR) (93.5%), Central Luzon (93.8%), and Northern Mindanao (93.9%) had the lowest employment rates (Table 4). The…
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Employment Rate in April 2016 is Estimated at 93.9 Percent
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The employment rate in April 2016 was estimated at 93.9 percent. Four regions, namely, National Capital Region (NCR) (92.3%), Ilocos Region (92.5%), CALABARZON (92.5%), and Central Luzon (92.9%) had the lowest employment rates (Table 4). The labor…
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Total Number of OFWs Estimated at 2.4 Million (Results from the 2015 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 2015 was estimated at 2.4 million. Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) or those with existing work contract comprised 97.1 percent of the…
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Employment Rate in January 2016 is Estimated at 94.2 Percent
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The employment rate in January 2016 was estimated at 94.2 percent. Three regions, namely, Central Luzon (92.5%), CALABARZON (92.5%), and National Capital Region (NCR) (93.1%) had employment rates significantly lower than the national figure (Table…
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Employment Rate Estimated at 94.4 percent in October 2015
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The employment rate in October 2015 was estimated at 94.4 percent. Three regions, namely, Ilocos Region (91.5%), CALABARZON (92.2%), and National Capital Region (NCR) (92.8%) had employment rates lower than the national figure (Table 4). The labor…
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Employment Rate Estimated at 93.5 Percent in July 2015
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The employment rate in July 2015 was estimated at 93.5 percent. Four regions, namely, Central Luzon (91.2%), Ilocos Region (91.8%), National Capital Region (NCR) (91.8%), and CALABARZON (92.0%) had employment rates lower than the national figure (…
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