TABLE 12 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Nature of Employment, by Sex and Class of
Worker: October 2008
(In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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| | Nature of Employment
| |---------------------------------------------------
| | Permanent Job | Short Term | Worked for Diff-
Sex and Class of Worker | Total | or Business | or Seasonal | erent Employers
| | and Unpaid | and Unpaid | on Day to Days or
| | Family Work | Family Work | Week to Week Basis
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Philippines
Both Sexes 34,533 28,201 5,656 676
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Wage and salary workers 51.9 48.0 65.7 100.0
Worked for private household, establishment, 43.9 39.4 60.2 99.3
or family-operated activity
Worked for government
or goverment-controlled corporation 8.0 8.7 5.5 0.7
Own-account workers 35.5 40.2 16.6 -
Self-employed 31.4 35.3 15.8 -
Employer 4.1 4.9 0.8 -
Unpaid family workers 12.5 11.8 17.8 -
Male 21,276 17,360 3,438 478
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Wage and salary workers 52.4 47.7 69.5 100.0
Worked for private household, establishment, 46.1 40.9 64.5 99.4
or family-operated activity
Worked for government
or goverment-controlled corporation 6.4 6.8 5.0 0.6
Own-account workers 38.6 44.3 15.3 -
Self-employed 33.3 38.0 14.2 -
Employer 5.3 6.2 1.1 -
Unpaid family workers 9.0 8.0 15.2 -
Female 13,257 10,841 2,218 198
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Wage and salary workers 51.2 48.5 59.7 100.0
Worked for private household, establishment, 40.5 36.8 53.4 99.2
or family-operated activity
Worked for government
or goverment-controlled corporation 10.6 11.7 6.3 0.8
Own-account workers 30.6 33.6 18.6 -
Self-employed 28.3 30.9 18.3 -
Employer 2.3 2.7 0.3 -
Unpaid family workers 18.2 17.8 21.8 -
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Source: National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: July 12, 2010
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