Table 3.6.1 Percent distribution of women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey by occupation,
according to background characteristics, Philippines 2003
(Occupation: women)
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Agricultural Non-agricultural
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Profes-
Someone sional/ Sales
Background Own Family else's Rented tehcnical/ and Skilled Unskilled Number
characteristic land land land land Missing managerial Clerical services manual manual Missing Total of women
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Age
15-19 1.4 2.4 3.8 0.4 0.2 4.9 4.6 71.4 4.8 4.6 1.4 100.0 684
20-24 1.9 1.2 3.1 0.4 0.5 18.6 13.4 45.6 6.4 7.0 1.9 100.0 1,090
25-29 3.1 1.6 4.7 0.8 0.5 26.5 14.3 35.6 7.2 4.6 1.1 100.0 1,093
30-34 4.1 1.7 6.9 0.9 0.7 30.9 11.0 35.5 5.9 1.6 0.9 100.0 1,140
35-39 5.1 2.5 7.0 1.1 1.0 28.3 9.0 36.8 6.7 1.9 0.6 100.0 1,142
40-44 5.9 2.5 8.9 1.2 0.8 28.6 8.3 33.4 7.8 1.9 0.7 100.0 1,004
45-49 6.7 2.1 9.9 1.1 0.8 28.2 5.4 37.6 6.0 1.0 1.3 100.0 889
Marital status
Never married 1.1 0.9 2.3 0.1 0.2 18.9 12.6 51.4 6.0 5.4 1.1 100.0 1,944
Married/living together 5.4 2.3 8.1 1.2 0.9 27.3 8.8 36.0 6.5 2.4 1.0 100.0 4,656
Divorced/not living together 2.4 1.9 4.2 0.0 0.3 25.1 9.0 44.6 7.8 2.2 2.4 100.0 281
Widowed 6.5 3.6 10.0 0.0 0.5 19.9 8.4 40.9 8.3 1.1 0.8 100.0 162
Number of living children
0 1.4 1.0 2.4 0.3 0.3 21.1 12.2 48.1 6.5 5.4 1.2 100.0 2,320
1-2 3.5 1.4 4.7 0.7 0.4 31.7 13.0 33.5 6.5 3.3 1.2 100.0 1,927
3-4 4.7 2.9 7.8 1.0 0.9 28.4 7.6 38.7 5.5 1.5 0.9 100.0 1,653
5+ 9.7 3.4 15.1 2.1 1.3 14.9 3.0 41.1 7.9 0.9 0.8 100.0 1,142
Residence
Urban 1.1 0.4 1.6 0.2 0.4 27.5 12.3 44.4 6.7 4.2 1.1 100.0 4,201
Rural 8.5 4.2 13.4 1.8 1.0 20.6 6.2 35.3 6.2 1.7 1.0 100.0 2,842
Region
National Capital Region 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 26.2 15.8 47.2 5.5 2.7 2.2 100.0 1298
Cordillera Admin Region 16.2 3.8 11.4 3.4 0.3 25.3 9.3 28.3 1.0 0.7 0.3 100.0 131
I - Ilocos Region 5.3 1.8 13.4 0.7 1.1 19.3 3.9 46.6 4.3 2.8 0.7 100.0 281
II - Cagayan Valley 11.1 2.5 21.5 1.7 1.3 34.3 6.8 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 100.0 191
III - Central Luzon 1.2 1.2 4.7 0.2 2.3 24.8 8.4 43.7 9.8 3.1 0.6 100.0 639
IVA - Calabarzon 0.7 0.2 2.3 0.1 0.4 28.7 12.2 32.2 13.3 9.3 0.6 100.0 926
IVB - Mimaropa 7.7 2.9 8.3 0.5 0.0 19.7 9.7 43.4 5.2 1.0 1.6 100.0 150
V - Bicol Region 2.3 2.3 4.2 1.5 1.5 19.4 9.2 50.1 7.7 1.8 0.0 100.0 391
VI - Western Visayas 5.6 1.4 12.0 0.7 0.0 17.5 8.8 44.7 6.9 2.3 0.2 100.0 510
VII - Central Visayas 1.8 1.6 4.3 0.6 0.4 18.8 7.9 50.4 9.3 4.7 0.2 100.0 579
VIII - Eastern Visayas 4.6 2.7 7.9 0.3 0.0 27.5 6.7 42.1 7.3 0.6 0.3 100.0 294
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 11.2 10.2 9.8 1.6 2.2 29.5 6.1 19.3 0.4 1.8 7.8 100.0 212
X - Northern Mindanao 5.6 5.1 7.5 0.8 0.3 29.7 6.5 42.8 0.8 0.8 0.0 100.0 331
XI - Davao Peninsula 6.0 2.2 6.3 0.6 0.6 24.4 11.2 42.1 4.2 1.9 0.4 100.0 434
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 7.8 5.0 11.8 5.7 0.4 23.7 5.8 33.5 2.9 2.5 0.8 100.0 296
ARMM 8.4 3.4 9.3 1.8 0.3 27.0 7.9 35.3 3.7 2.2 0.6 100.0 193
Caraga 18.0 4.1 20.3 2.3 0.8 26.8 4.7 19.5 0.0 0.0 3.6 100.0 187
Education
No education 27.9 4.5 26.0 4.8 0.0 9.8 0.7 22.6 2.7 1.1 0.0 100.0 106
Elementary 9.0 3.8 15.5 1.7 1.4 9.5 1.6 47.8 7.0 1.7 1.1 100.0 1,734
High school 3.0 2.1 4.9 0.8 0.7 14.9 5.0 53.7 9.5 4.5 0.8 100.0 2,685
College or higher 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 46.2 21.1 22.8 3.1 3.0 1.4 100.0 2,518
Wealth index quintile
Lowest 15.3 8.0 22.1 2.2 0.7 8.0 2.0 32.8 6.3 1.3 1.3 100.0 1,049
Second 5.8 2.0 11.5 1.9 0.9 14.2 4.4 46.8 7.9 3.7 1.0 100.0 1,166
Middle 2.7 1.6 4.0 0.9 1.1 20.7 9.8 43.9 9.1 5.4 0.9 100.0 1,304
Fourth 1.4 0.7 1.9 0.1 0.5 28.7 13.9 40.1 8.0 4.0 0.7 100.0 1,485
Highest 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 39.0 14.1 39.9 3.0 1.9 1.5 100.0 2,039
Total 4.1 2.0 6.4 0.9 0.6 24.7 9.8 40.7 6.5 3.2 1.1 100.0 7,043
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Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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