TABLE 17 Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Number
of Weeks Looking for Work, by Sex and Region: April 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 1,363 719 445 131 68 5.7
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 56.6 57.0 54.7 59.7 60.3 5.7
Female 43.4 43.0 45.3 40.3 39.7 5.7
National Capital Region 26.9 27.7 28.7 27.1 5.9 4.4
Cordillera Administrative Region 1.2 0.7 1.3 1.8 4.4 10.3
I - Ilocos Region 5.0 2.8 5.2 10.5 16.2 9.5
II - Cagayan Valley 1.2 1.5 1.0 * 1.1 4.6
III - Central Luzon 10.5 12.6 9.3 5.1 5.7 4.5
IV-A CALABARZON 18.1 16.8 19.6 20.7 16.5 5.2
IV-B MIMAROPA 2.2 3.3 0.8 0.7 3.2 5.2
V - Bicol Region 4.9 5.5 4.6 2.1 7.6 5.7
VI - Western Visayas 7.4 5.3 7.8 14.6 13.8 7.5
VII - Central Visayas 6.7 7.3 7.0 3.7 3.8 4.5
VIII - Eastern Visayas 3.1 3.2 3.3 2.1 1.9 4.6
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1.7 1.2 2.6 1.3 1.2 5.8
X - Northern Mindanao 4.3 4.8 2.6 3.3 12.6 14.0
XI - Davao Region 3.4 3.6 3.3 2.3 4.5 6.4
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1.6 1.6 1.5 2.4 1.0 5.9
Caraga 1.6 2.0 1.1 1.6 * 3.8
Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 0.4 0.3 0.4 * * 5.3
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Source: National Statistics Office, April 2009 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: June 29, 2010
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