TABLE 16 Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Job Search Method, by Sex, and Region: January 2006
(In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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| Job Search Method
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| | Registered in | | | Placed or |
| | Employment Agency | Approached | Approached | Answered |
Sex and Region | Total |-------------------| Employed | Relatives | Advertise-| Others
| | Private | Public | Directly | or Friends | ments |
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Philippines
Both Sexes 1,375 222 45 614 412 71 11
Male 812 128 24 348 264 44 5
Female 563 94 22 266 147 27 6
National Capital Region 449 100 16 138 156 35 3
Cordillera Administrative Region 16 3 1 4 5 3 -
I - Ilocos Sur 50 5 3 20 20 2 -
II - Cagayan Valley 23 3 1 16 2 - -
III - Central Luzon 166 14 7 100 40 5 1
IV-A - CALABARZON 208 34 5 117 45 5 2
IV-B - MIMAROPA 29 1 1 14 13 1 -
V - Bicol Region 41 5 - 23 10 2 1
VI - Western Visayas 72 14 1 40 16 1 -
VII - Central Visyas 95 14 4 39 25 11 1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 25 1 - 14 6 2 -
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 20 3 1 9 6 - -
X - Northern Mindanao 51 10 2 18 21 - -
XI - Davao Region 68 9 2 30 23 3 1
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 36 4 1 18 13 - -
Caraga 16 1 - 11 3 - -
Autonomous Region in Muslim 12 1 - 4 6 - -
Mindanao
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Source: National Statistics Office, January 2006 Labor Force Survey
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