TABLE 17 Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Number of
Weeks Looking by Sex and Region: January 2008
(In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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| Number of Weeks Looking for Work | Mean Number
Sex and Region Total |---------------------------------------| of Weeks
| Less | 4 - 9 | 10 - 19 | 20 and | Looking
| than 4 | | | Over | for Work
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Philippines
Both Sexes 1,276 595 427 156 99 6.6
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 60.7 61.4 60.3 59.4 59.7 6.6
Female 39.3 38.6 39.7 40.6 40.3 6.7
National Capital Region 28.1 27.9 26.3 32.3 30.1 6.9
Cordillera Administrative Region 1.2 0.7 0.6 2.5 5.3 15.5
I - Ilocos Region 4.3 4.1 5.8 2.7 1.3 5.0
II - Cagayan Valley 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.9 0.4 5.4
III - Central Luzon 12.5 11.9 14.4 11.3 9.6 6.1
IV-A CALABARZON 16.1 15.4 17.8 16.6 12.5 6.7
IV-B MIMAROPA 2.0 2.2 1.5 2.2 2.7 6.7
V - Bicol Region 4.7 5.1 5.3 2.8 2.1 4.8
VI - Western Visayas 6.6 5.5 5.9 9.0 12.6 9.3
VII - Central Visayas 7.7 8.3 6.8 7.0 9.9 6.7
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1.9 2.2 1.6 1.3 2.8 7.3
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1.9 1.8 0.9 1.4 8.1 12.3
X - Northern Mindanao 3.5 3.4 4.2 3.7 0.5 5.2
XI - Davao Region 4.5 6.2 3.7 2.8 0.8 3.9
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1.6 2.0 1.1 1.8 - 3.9
Caraga 1.4 1.4 1.9 0.2 0.6 4.0
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.8 9.4
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Source: National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: August 25, 2010
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