TABLE 17 Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Number of
Weeks Look for Work, by Sex and Region: October 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 1,213 579 446 110 78 6.9
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.9 58.7 59.4 59.2 57.6 6.8
Female 41.1 41.3 40.6 40.8 42.4 7.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
National Capital Region 29.3 32.7 31.5 14.1 12.8 4.7
Cordillera Administrative Region 1.3 0.8 1.2 2.7 3.8 10.5
I - Ilocos Region 5.0 3.8 4.7 12.2 5.1 7.9
II - Cagayan Valley 1.3 1.8 0.8 1.6 0.0 3.6
III - Central Luzon 12.2 11.2 14.0 15.6 4.9 5.1
IV-A - CALABARZON 18.5 18.5 19.3 20.2 11.7 5.8
IV-B - MIMAROPA 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.2 1.2 5.1
V - Bicol Region 3.9 3.4 4.8 4.0 3.0 7.2
VI - Western Visayas 6.7 3.1 7.2 12.4 22.2 12.7
VII - Central Visyas 6.0 7.7 4.7 4.2 2.6 4.3
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1.7 2.3 1.1 0.7 2.2 6.7
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1.9 1.4 1.6 2.0 7.5 11.4
X - Northern Mindanao 4.1 4.0 2.4 2.0 16.7 24.5
XI - Davao Region 2.6 3.0 2.2 3.0 1.1 4.9
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1.9 2.5 0.7 2.7 3.5 7.3
Caraga 1.5 1.7 1.6 0.2 0.7 4.1
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 0.4 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.0 16.7
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Source: National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: July 12, 2010
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