Table 3.7 Percent distribution of women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey by type of earnings,
type of employer, and continuity of employment, according to type of employment
(agricultural or nonagricultural), Philippines 2003
(Type of employment)
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Employment Agricultural Nonagricultural Total
Characteristic Work Work
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Type of earnings
Cash only 29.0 74.8 71.5
Cash and in-kind 25.5 12.0 13.0
In-kind only 8.2 1.0 1.6
Not paid 37.1 12.1 13.9
Missing 0.2 0.0 0.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Type of employer
Employed by family member 46.9 15.3 17.6
Employed by nonfamily member 31.8 58.4 56.5
Self-employed 20.5 26.2 25.7
Missing 0.7 0.1 0.2
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Continuity of employment
All year 55.5 65.6 64.8
Seasonal 39.2 26.1 27.1
Occasional 5.1 8.2 7.9
Missing 0.2 0.1 0.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of women 510 6,456 7,043
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Note: Total includes women with missing information on type of employment who are not shown separately.
Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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