TABLE 16  Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Job Search Method, by Sex and Region
          April 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                                        1,399        92       227          505          472          81       21	
Number (in thousands)

Total                                             100.0     100.0     100.0        100.0        100.0       100.0    100.0
Male                                               57.5      51.5      54.4         57.6         61.9        48.9     46.6
Female                                             42.5      48.5      45.6         42.4         38.1        51.1     53.4	

National Capital Region                            25.4      30.3      35.5         16.9         23.8        49.6     40.5
Cordillera Administrative Region                    1.0       0.8       0.3          0.6          1.0          5.3       -
I - Ilocos Region                                   4.8       4.5       3.8          6.1          4.6         2.4        -
II - Cagayan Valley                                 1.5       0.8       0.8          2.3          0.8         1.4      8.3
III - Central Luzon                                13.2      14.1      11.9         13.1         15.7         4.8      5.5
IV-A  CALABARZON                                   16.7       8.8      22.8         18.8         15.2         5.9      9.0
IV-B  MIMAROPA                                      1.2       2.0       0.5          1.1          1.6           -      6.5
V - Bicol Region                                    5.2       6.0       1.8          5.4          6.2         4.8     15.2
VI - Western Visayas                                8.9       4.4       4.9         10.4         10.9         4.2      5.4
VII - Central Visayas                               7.2      12.7       6.7          6.5          5.7        15.8      5.5
VIII - Eastern Visayas                              2.3       2.4       1.1          2.7          2.7         0.5        -
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                            1.4       1.5       0.6          2.3          1.0           -        -
X - Northern Mindanao                               2.9       4.2       4.4          3.4          2.0           -      2.0
XI - Davao Region                                   4.6       4.7       3.3          6.2          4.1         1.8      2.0
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                                  1.5       1.3       0.9          1.9          1.4         2.0        -
Caraga                                              1.5       1.6       0.5          1.5          2.0         1.3        -
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao                0.7         -       0.3          0.6          1.3           -        -

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Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey

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