Table 14. Characteristics of Discouraged Workers
          by Selected Variables: April 2005
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                                     Number    Percent
Selected Variables            (in thousands)
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Discouraged  Workers                    656

Sex
   Male                                 458       69.8
   Female                               198       30.2

Age Group
   15 - 24                              318       48.5
   25 - 34                              158       24.1
   35 - 44                               83       12.6
   45 - 54                               58        8.8
   55 - 64                               37        5.6
   65 and over                            3        0.4

Marital Status
   Single                               446       68.0
   Married                              179       27.3
   Widowed                               16        2.4
   Divorced/Separated                    14        2.1
   Unknown                                1        0.1

Highest Grade Completed
   No Grade Completed                    10        1.5
   Elementary Undegraduate               74       11.2
   Elementary Graduate                   89       13.6
   Highschool Undergraduate             126       19.3
   Highschool Graduate                  207       31.6
   College Undergraduate                 97       14.8
   College Graduate                      52        7.9

Relationship to HH head
   Head                                 111       16.9
   Wife/Spouse                           41        6.2
   Son/daughter                         401       61.1
   Brothers/sisters                      19        2.9
   Son-in-law/daughter-in-law            19        3.0
   Grandchildren                         19        3.0
   Father/Mother                          4        0.6
   Other Relative                        38        5.8
   Non Relative                           3        0.5

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Note:    Estimates for January 2005 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division,
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  June 15, 2005