TABLE 17 Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Number of
Weeks Looking for Work, by Sex and Region: January 2009
(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 1,434 802 441 122 71 5.3
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 59.7 58.6 61.4 60.3 59.3 5.4
Female 40.3 41.4 38.6 39.7 40.7 5.2
National Capital Region 28.6 29.8 27.4 24.3 30.4 5.4
Cordillera Administrative Region 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.7 0.9 5.5
I - Ilocos Region 4.5 3.6 6.3 4.4 2.6 4.9
II - Cagayan Valley 1.2 1.1 1.4 2.3 - 4.5
III - Central Luzon 13.7 13.7 15.9 9.9 6.3 4.6
IV-A CALABARZON 18.4 19.5 16.9 19.2 14.9 4.8
IV-B MIMAROPA 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 3.4 6.0
V - Bicol Region 4.9 4.9 3.2 7.9 11.1 7.7
VI - Western Visayas 5.1 2.8 5.6 15.5 10.7 9.1
VII - Central Visayas 7.4 8.3 7.3 3.4 3.2 3.6
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.4 * 4.2
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.8 7.5 9.6
X - Northern Mindanao 2.7 2.3 3.4 3.5 1.4 5.3
XI - Davao Region 3.5 3.9 3.5 1.9 2.0 4.0
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1.7 2.0 1.0 1.4 2.6 5.8
Caraga 2.1 2.1 2.4 1.0 2.2 4.7
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 0.5 0.3 0.8 * - 4.3
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Source: National Statistics Office, January 2009 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: July 2, 2010
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