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Total Number of OFWs is Estimated at 2.2 Million (Results from the 2012 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 2012 was estimated at 2.2 million. The Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) or those with existing work contract abroad comprised 95.0…
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Employment Rate is Estimated at 92.5 Percent in April 2013
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The results of the April 2013 Labor Force Survey (LFS) revealed an employment rate of 92.5 percent. In the same month of the previous year, that is April 2012, the employment rate was estimated at 93.1 percent. The drop in the employment rate is…
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Employment Rate in January 2013 is Estimated at 92.9 Percent (Results from the January 2013 Labor Force Survey)
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The results of the January 2013 Labor Force Survey (LFS) revealed that there were approximately 37.94 million employed persons in January 2013. This figure translates to an employment rate of 92.9 percent, which is similar to the employment rate…
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Employment Rate is Estimated at 93.2 Percent in October 2012 Results from the October 2012 Labor Force Survey (LFS)
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The October 2012 Labor Force Survey (LFS) results recorded an estimate of 37.7 million employed persons, which gives an employment rate of 93.2 percent. Last year's employment rate was estimated at 93.6 percent. Across regions, Cagayan Valley…
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Employment Rate in July 2012 is Estimated at 93.0 Percent
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The results of the July 2012 Labor Force Survey (LFS) recorded an estimate of 37.6 million employed persons, which translated to an employment rate of 93.0 percent. This rate is almost the same with the reported estimate of 92.9 percent in July 2011…
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The number of working children 5 to 17 years old is estimated at 5.5 million (Preliminary Results of the 2011 Survey on Children)
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An estimated 5.492 million children aged 5 to 17 years were working in 2011 according to the preliminary results of the 2011 Survey on Children (SOC). In this survey, children aged 5 to 17 years who worked for at least one hour during the past 12…
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Total Number of OFWs is Estimated at 2.2 Million (Results from the 2011 Survey on Overseas Filipinos)
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The total number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2011 was estimated at 2.2 million. The estimate for the same period of 2010 was 2.0 million. The overseas contract workers (OCWs)…
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Employment Rate in April 2012 is Estimated at at 93.1 Percent (Results from the April 2012 Labor Force Survey )
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The April 2012 Labor Force Survey (LFS) results revealed an employment rate of 93.1 percent. The employment rate reported in April 2011 was 92.8 percent. Among the regions, only the National Capital Region (NCR) had an employment rate below 90.0…
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Employment Rate in January 2012 is Estimated at 92.8 Percent (Results from the January 2012 Labor Force Survey)
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Cagayan Valley posted the highest employment rate in January 2012 at 97.6 percent. The following regions had also posted high employment rates, namely: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), 97.0 percent, MIMAROPA and Zamboanga Peninsula, each…
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2011 Annual Labor and Employment Status (Comparative Annual Estimates for 2010 and 2011)
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In 2011, out of the 61.9 million population 15 years old and over, about 40.0 million were in the labor force or economically active. This figure translates to an annual labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 64.6 percent. In 2010, the LFPR was…
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