Table 3.6.2 Percent distribution of men employed in the 12 months preceding the survey by occupation,
according to background characteristics, Philippines 2003
(Occupation: men)
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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 men
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Age
15-19 3.8 7.9 30.9 2.3 1.3 1.8 1.0 21.4 10.4 13.5 5.6 100.0 343
20-24 5.2 5.1 16.3 2.7 3.4 6.7 3.6 19.5 13.0 23.0 1.5 100.0 575
25-29 5.1 4.5 15.8 3.9 1.4 10.3 2.7 18.1 12.2 25.1 1.0 100.0 602
30-34 10.2 7.1 14.1 3.4 2.9 12.0 1.1 15.1 11.6 21.7 0.9 100.0 561
35-39 9.5 3.1 14.8 4.8 2.2 12.5 2.3 12.3 13.8 23.4 1.3 100.0 565
40-44 9.1 4.9 16.8 3.7 0.6 13.0 1.8 14.7 11.7 22.6 0.9 100.0 464
45-49 10.4 3.6 19.7 3.8 1.7 14.1 2.5 11.2 13.6 18.8 0.7 100.0 400
50-54 14.4 5.2 18.3 4.7 2.8 13.0 2.0 13.3 12.1 13.0 1.0 100.0 308
Marital status
Never married 5.7 5.5 19.9 3.3 2.4 8.0 2.9 20.5 10.7 18.5 2.5 100.0 1,084
Married/living together 9.2 4.8 16.5 3.8 1.9 11.7 1.9 13.7 12.9 22.4 1.1 100.0 2,636
Divorced/not living together 7.8 8.7 19.2 4.8 2.8 4.1 2.5 19.8 18.7 11.5 0.0 100.0 81
Widowed * * * * * * * * * * * * 17
Number of living children
0 6.1 5.7 19.2 3.5 2.1 7.8 2.7 19.9 11.2 19.5 2.3 100.0 1,310
1-2 7.0 4.9 13.5 2.9 1.6 13.2 2.7 16.3 12.0 24.5 1.4 100.0 1,046
3-4 10.6 3.8 15.4 3.4 2.1 13.4 1.7 12.9 13.5 22.1 1.0 100.0 888
5+ 11.4 6.1 24.5 5.9 2.9 7.2 1.0 9.8 14.2 16.6 0.5 100.0 574
Residence
Urban 3.0 1.3 7.1 1.3 1.8 15.0 3.4 21.1 15.9 28.4 1.6 100.0 1,954
Rural 13.6 9.1 28.5 6.2 2.4 5.8 1.0 10.2 8.6 13.3 1.3 100.0 1,864
Region
National Capital Region 0.6 0.3 1.5 0.0 0.3 20.0 3.4 27.9 15.3 28.6 2.1 100.0 556
Cordillera Admin Region 15.5 5.9 19.0 4.0 0.8 14.5 1.5 10.6 11.6 16.7 0.0 100.0 58
I - Ilocos Region 13.7 2.1 18.0 13.3 2.5 8.4 2.0 6.5 15.2 16.9 1.5 100.0 202
II - Cagayan Valley 24.2 8.0 28.9 0.5 1.1 6.9 0.6 7.3 8.4 14.2 0.0 100.0 146
III - Central Luzon 6.4 1.6 9.9 7.6 3.0 7.7 2.3 13.0 15.1 31.4 1.9 100.0 419
IVA - Calabarzon 2.7 1.9 11.4 0.0 0.8 11.3 3.0 19.0 16.5 31.8 1.4 100.0 501
IVB - Mimaropa 19.9 6.2 36.6 4.1 1.4 4.1 3.4 7.1 8.3 8.9 0.0 100.0 102
V - Bicol Region 9.1 5.4 17.4 4.4 14.3 7.4 1.1 17.0 6.7 16.9 0.3 100.0 182
VI - Western Visayas 7.5 5.1 33.5 3.4 0.9 7.1 1.6 13.5 10.9 16.0 0.4 100.0 275
VII - Central Visayas 4.5 4.5 12.0 4.5 2.0 8.4 1.9 20.3 16.3 24.9 0.8 100.0 289
VIII - Eastern Visayas 15.3 11.4 34.4 2.3 0.0 4.5 1.3 14.5 9.0 7.3 0.0 100.0 188
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 14.6 12.5 19.0 7.3 1.1 16.9 1.7 5.6 5.1 9.6 6.6 100.0 153
X - Northern Mindanao 4.3 11.0 25.7 2.2 2.2 8.0 1.6 19.8 13.3 11.8 0.0 100.0 165
XI - Davao Peninsula 5.9 10.2 24.8 1.2 2.0 9.6 2.2 16.3 7.3 20.1 0.5 100.0 172
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 7.4 7.3 24.4 7.3 3.9 9.0 2.0 11.6 11.1 15.4 0.5 100.0 174
ARMM 11.1 10.5 12.2 7.0 0.0 7.9 4.0 12.4 13.7 19.8 1.2 100.0 97
Caraga 24.7 10.5 32.5 2.6 1.5 11.9 0.0 4.0 1.7 3.7 7.1 100.0 141
Education
No education 20.5 4.2 51.0 4.0 1.5 3.9 0.0 4.6 5.5 4.3 0.4 100.0 80
Elementary 11.4 8.6 30.2 6.3 3.3 1.9 0.4 10.6 9.9 16.2 1.0 100.0 1,324
High school 7.0 3.6 13.8 2.8 1.7 5.6 1.6 18.8 16.2 27.1 1.7 100.0 1,511
College or higher 4.5 2.4 2.3 1.2 0.9 31.8 6.0 19.3 10.2 19.4 2.0 100.0 904
Wealth index quintile
Lowest 15.9 10.8 40.7 4.6 4.1 2.7 0.3 6.7 6.2 7.1 0.9 100.0 795
Second 8.8 6.6 24.6 6.4 2.2 3.6 0.5 12.4 13.6 19.8 1.5 100.0 820
Middle 6.9 3.9 10.9 3.8 2.0 6.2 2.9 18.4 17.3 26.4 1.1 100.0 805
Fourth 5.4 2.1 6.9 2.4 1.6 11.7 3.1 21.0 14.1 29.8 2.0 100.0 713
Highest 3.0 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.0 31.7 4.7 21.9 10.6 23.4 2.1 100.0 686
Total 8.2 5.1 17.6 3.7 2.1 10.5 2.2 15.8 12.4 21.0 1.5 100.0 3819
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Note: An asterusj ubducates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.
Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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