TABLE 17 Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Number of
Weeks Looking for Work, by Sex and Region: April 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 1,399 703 477 135 84 5.9
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 57.5 55.6 59.0 59.4 61.6 6.0
Female 42.5 44.4 41.0 40.6 38.4 5.7
National Capital Region 25.4 29.0 23.2 19.2 17.1 5.1
Cordillera Administrative Region 1.0 0.4 1.2 2.2 2.4 12.0
I - Ilocos Region 4.8 3.5 7.1 4.4 4.1 5.9
II - Cagayan Valley 1.5 1.3 1.1 3.7 2.2 7.9
III - Central Luzon 13.2 13.0 16.0 8.9 6.1 4.6
IV-A CALABARZON 16.7 17.1 17.6 16.1 9.2 5.4
IV-B MIMAROPA 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.4 0.9 4.8
V - Bicol Region 5.2 5.8 4.2 4.1 8.2 6.2
VI - Western Visayas 8.9 5.3 9.3 16.2 24.2 9.4
VII - Central Visayas 7.2 8.1 5.9 4.8 10.8 5.9
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2.3 2.6 1.5 3.0 2.7 6.6
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1.4 0.7 0.5 5.1 6.3 16.0
X - Northern Mindanao 2.9 3.1 2.7 3.5 2.2 5.7
XI - Davao Region 4.6 5.0 4.9 3.9 1.3 4.4
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.0 5.3
Caraga 1.5 2.0 1.0 1.1 0.4 3.6
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.8 0.9 6.5
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Source: National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: August 24, 2010
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