TABLE 16  Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Job Search Method, by Sex and Region:
          October 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                                 1,213       223        49          454          395          78       14
Number (in thousands)

Total                                      100.0     100.0     100.0        100.0        100.0       100.0    100.0	   
Male                                        58.9      56.6      53.0         59.3         61.9        56.7     35.4
Female                                      41.1      43.4      47.0         40.7         38.1        43.3     64.6

Total                                      100.0     100.0     100.0        100.0        100.0       100.0    100.0	   
National Capital Region                     29.3      40.5      34.1         24.8         25.8        38.6     27.0
Cordillera Administrative Region             1.3       0.0       3.0          1.1          1.5         4.9       -
I - Ilocos Region                            5.0       2.8       5.1          5.0          7.1         0.6      3.0
II - Cagayan Valley                          1.3       1.1       0.0          1.2          1.8         0.5      0.0
III - Central Luzon                         12.2      12.2      17.1         11.4         13.0        10.1     14.0
IV-A - CALABARZON                           18.5      19.9       9.9         19.6         17.9        15.5     27.7
IV-B - MIMAROPA                              1.7       0.2       2.2          1.9          2.2         2.6      4.0
V -  Bicol Region                            3.9       2.4       4.3          2.9          6.5         1.4      4.1
VI - Western Visayas                         6.7       4.4       7.8          6.2          7.3        12.2      4.3
VII - Central Visyas                         6.0       5.6       6.0          6.5          4.3        12.7      3.6
VIII - Eastern Visayas                       1.7       1.2       1.8          2.2          1.8          -        -
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                     1.9       1.5       0.0          2.6          2.2          -        -
X - Northern Mindanao                        4.1       3.5       2.1          5.9          3.3         0.6      3.6
XI - Davao Region                            2.6       1.2       1.6          3.8          2.4          -       6.1
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                           1.9       3.2       2.4          2.5          0.8         0.5       -
Caraga                                       1.5       0.5       1.3          1.9          1.7          -       2.6
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao         0.4       0.0       1.5          0.4          0.6          -        -

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Source:  National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey

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