Table A. Selected Labor Force Indicators, Philippines: January 2006 and January 2007
(In percent)
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| January | January
Selected Indicators | 2007 | 2006
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Employed Persons
Number (in thousands) 33,546.0 32,031.0
INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 34.7 36.5
Agriculture, hunting and forestry 30.4 32.0
Fishing 4.3 4.4
Industry 14.8 15.2
Mining and quarrying 0.4 0.4
Manufacturing 9.1 9.3
Electricity, gas and water 0.4 0.4
Construction 5.0 5.2
Services 50.5 48.3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair
of motor vehicles, motorcycles
and personal and household goods 19.1 18.5
Hotels and restaurants 2.9 2.7
Transport, storage and communication 7.8 7.9
Financial Intermediation 1.0 1.0
Real estate, renting and business
activities 2.7 2.3
Public administration and defense,
compulsory social security 4.6 4.4
Education 3.1 3.1
Health and social work 1.2 1.1
Other community, social and personal
service activities 2.6 2.4
Private households with employed persons 5.6 4.9
Extra-territorial organizations and bodies 0.0 0.0
OCCUPATION
Total 100.0 100.0
Officials of government and special interest
organizations,
corporate executives, managers, managing
proprietors
and supervisors 12.1 11.4
Professionals 4.3 4.3
Technicians and associate professionals 2.7 2.7
Clerks 4.9 4.4
Service workers and shop and market sales
workers 9.8 9.4
Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen 17.6 19.5
Trades and related workers 8.1 8.6
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 7.7 7.8
Laborers and unskilled workers 32.3 31.4
Special occupations 0.4 0.5
CLASS OF WORKER
Total 100.0 100.0
Wage and Salary Workers 53.4 50.2
Private household 5.7 4.9
Private establishment 39.4 37.4
Government/government corporation 7.8 7.6
With pay (family owned business) 0.5 0.3
Own Account 35.1 37.2
Self employed 30.4 32.7
Employer 4.7 4.5
Unpaid Family Workers 11.5 12.6
HOURS WORKED
Total 100.0 100.0
Working:
Less than 40 hours 35.9 36.7
40 hours and over 62.8 62.0
Did not work 1.3 1.3
Mean hours worked 41.8 41.1
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Table A (continued)
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| January | January
Selected Indicators | 2007 | 2006
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands) 7,216 6,774
HOURS WORKED
Total 100.0 100.0
Worked less than 40 hours 57.7 60.6
Worked 40 hours and over 40.1 37.1
Did not work 2.1 2.3
INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 45.7 47.0
Industry 15.0 15.1
Services 39.2 37.8
UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands) 2,850 2,837
AGE GROUP
Total 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 48.8 49.3
25 - 34 28.3 29.3
35 - 44 11.2 11.0
45 - 54 7.3 6.8
55 - 64 3.6 3.1
65 and Over 0.8 0.6
HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total 100.0 100.0
No Grade Completed 0.7 0.5
Elementary 17.7 15.2
Undergraduate 8.4 6.3
Graduate 9.3 8.9
High School 46.5 45.6
Undergraduate 13.5 13.4
Graduate 32.9 32.2
College 35.2 38.8
Undergraduate 18.9 20.9
Graduate 16.2 17.9
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Notes: Estimates for January 2007 are preliminary and may change.
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.
Source: National Statistics Office, January 2007 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: March 15, 2007
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