TABLE 16  Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Job Search Method, by Sex and Region: 
          January 2008	
         (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                                        1,276        67       233          490          410          69        8	 
Number (in thousands)

Total                                             100.0     100.0     100.0        100.0        100.0       100.0    100.0

Male                                               60.7      51.1      59.3         60.8         65.2        50.0     37.2
Female                                             39.3      48.9      40.7         39.2         34.8        50.0     62.8 

National Capital Region                            28.1      17.5      45.0         19.4         27.0        49.6     23.4
Cordillera Administrative Region                    1.2       1.9       0.5          1.1          1.6         1.4        -
I - Ilocos Region                                   4.3       2.2       1.8          4.6          6.1         2.1        -
II - Cagayan Valley                                 1.5       2.9       1.1          1.6          1.2         2.2        -
III - Central Luzon                                12.5      12.9      10.8         14.3         11.8         8.6     14.3
IV-A  CALABARZON                                   16.1      11.6      17.3         19.0         14.5         6.3      7.5
IV-B  MIMAROPA                                      2.0       2.9       0.9          2.0          2.7            -     7.5
V - Bicol Region                                    4.7       5.1       2.9          4.1          6.3         3.4     12.0
VI - Western Visayas                                6.6       7.4       3.1          8.6          6.8         3.4        -
VII - Central Visayas                               7.7      14.4       5.7          5.7          8.5        15.4     30.2
VIII - Eastern Visayas                              1.9          -      0.6          2.2          2.7         1.9        -
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                            1.9       3.3       0.7          3.0          1.4         0.7        -
X - Northern Mindanao                               3.5       4.6       3.2          4.5          2.5         1.8        -
XI - Davao Region                                   4.5       6.5       4.7          5.5          3.6         1.3      4.9
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                                  1.6       2.5       1.0          2.1          1.1         1.5        -
Caraga                                              1.4       1.4       0.5          1.6          1.8         0.5        -
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao                0.6         2.8     0.3          0.7          0.4            -       -

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Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey

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