Employment Statistics


NEDA Regional Office VIII, Government Center, 6501 Palo, Leyte, Philippines. Tel Nos. (63) (53) 323-3093 & 323-3095. Fax No. 323-3093. E-mail: neda8@evis.net.ph

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LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

The Labor Force Survey (LFS) is conducted quarterly by the National Statistics Office. Please take note of reference periods for the survey:

Quarter	Reference Period
First Quarter	Past week in April
Second Quarter	Past week in July
Third Quarter	Past week in October
Fourth Quarter	Past week in January of the following year

The reference period for the Labor Force survey is the “past week” referring to the past seven (7) days preceeding the date of visit of the enumerator or interviewer.

Definition of Terms:

Working Age Population - refers to the number of persons 15 years old and over. (In the table below, these are referred to as population 15 years and over).

Labor Force - refers to the population 15 years old and over who contribute to the production of goods and services in the country and who are either employed or unemployed.

Labor Force Participation Rate - proportion of persons in the labor force to total population 15 years and over. (This is expressed in percent).

Employed - includes persons in the labor force, who are either at work even for an hour during the reference period, orwith a job or business but not at work.

Employment Rate - proportion of employed persons to the labor force. (This is expressed in percent).

Unemployed - consists of persons in the labor force who have no job or business and actively looking for work. Also considered as unemployed are persons without a job or business who are reported not looking for work because of the belief that no work was available or because of temporary illness, bad weather or other valid reasons.

Unemployment Rate - proportion of unemployed persons to the total labor force. (This is also expressed in percent).

Not in the Labor Force - These are persons who are not at work or without job and are not looking for work for reasons other that those previously mentioned (see definition of unemployed). These include housewives, students, disabled or retired persons, and seasonal workers who are not working and not looking for work during the survey period.

Underemployed - includes all employed persons who express the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job or an additional job, or to have a new job with longer working hours.

Underemployment Rate - proportion of underemployed persons to total employed persons. (This is expressed in percent).

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EMPLOYMENT RATES AND STATUS, REGION VIII

CY 2001-2003

INDICATOR	2003				2002				2001
	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ
	Past week in Apr-03	Past week in Jul-03	Past week in Oct-03	Past week in Jan-04	Past week in Apr-02	Past week in July-02	Past week in Oct-02	Past week in Jan-03	Past week in Apr-01	Past week in Jul-01	Past week in Oct-01	Past week in Jan-02
Pop'n. 15 yrs & over ('000)	2,396	2,367	2,389	no	2,334	2,350	2,362	2,384	2,274	2,293	2,308	2,322
Labor Force ('000)	1,756	1,724	1,749	data	1,801	1,688	1,668	1,673	1,745	1,583	1,641	1,659
LFPR (%)	73.3	72.8	73.2	yet	77.2	71.8	70.6	70.2	76.8	69.0	71.1	71.5
Employment Rate (%)	90.6	89.4	92.2		89.8	91.2	92.6	91.8	86.2	91.4	92.0	91.2
Unemployment Rate (%)	9.4	10.6	7.8		10.2	8.8	7.4	8.2	13.8	8.6	8.0	8.8
VUR (%)	16.4				16.1	16.8	16.7	18.2	15.3	18.0	17.2	15.2

Employed By Industry ('000)	1,590	1,541	1,613		1,617	1,540	1,544	1,537	1,505	1,447	1,510	1,514
- Agriculture	849	774			830	791	810	789	805	751	774	794
- Industry	139	173			163	142	138	141	158	145	146	143
- Service	602	594			625	607	597	607	541	550	591	576

Unemployed ('000)	166	183	136		184	148	124	136	240	136	131	145
Not in the Labor Force ('000)	640	643	640		533	662	694	710	529	711	667	662

CY 1998-2000

INDICATOR	2000				1999				1998
	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ
	Past Week in Apr-00	Past Week in July-00	Past Week in Oct-00	Past Week in Jan-01	Past Week in Apr-99	Past Week in July-99	Past Week in Oct-99	Past Week in Jan-00	Past Week in Apr-98	Past Week in Jul-98	Past Week in Oct-98	Past Week in Jan-99
Pop'n. 15 yrs & over ('000)	2,489	2,501	2,240	2,258	2,438	2,451	2,463	2,476	2,388	2,401	2,413	2,425
Labor Force ('000)	1,795	1,658	1,496	1,544	1,731	1,639	1,655	1,609	1,699	1,568	1,621	1,585
LFPR (%)	72.1	66.3	66.8	68.4	71.0	66.9	67.2	65.0	71.2	65.3	67.2	65.3
Employment Rate (%)	80.7	91.0	92.2	89.8	89.8	93.5	92.3	92.4	88.0	92.2	92.2	92.7
Unemployment Rate (%)	19.3	9.0	7.8	10.2	10.2	6.5	7.7	7.6	12.0	7.8	7.8	7.3
VUR (%)	16.7	12.2	14.5	13.9	13.1	16.8	12.4	13.2	14.7	15.2	17.7	14.2

Employed By Industry ('000)	1,448	1,509	1,379	1,386	1,544	1,533	1,528	1,487	1,496	1,446	1,495	1,469
- Agriculture	782	782	743	701	919	859	851	824	817	814	833	822
- Industry	125	156	127	155	131	135	142	142	153	135	134	127
- Service	539	571	507	530	503	539	535	521	526	497	527	523

Unemployed ('000)	347	150	117	158	177	107	127	122	203	122	126	116
Not in the Labor Force ('000)	694	844	744	714	707	811	808	866	689	833	792	841

1995-1997

INDICATOR	1997				1996				1995
	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ
	Past Week in Apr-97	Past Week in Jul-97	Past Week in Oct-97	Past Week in Jan-98	Past Week in Apr-96	Past Week in Jul-96	Past Week in Oct-96	Past Week in Jan-97	Past Week in Apr-95	Past Week in Jul-95	Past Week in Oct-95	Past Week in Jan-96
Pop'n. 15 yrs & over ('000)	2,339	2,351	2,364	2,376	2,291	2,303	2,315	2,327	2,244	2,256	2,267	2,279
Labor Force ('000)	1,731	1,605	1,571	1,574	1,681	1,582	1,639	1,588	1,616	1,492	1,541	1,532
LFPR (%)	74.0	68.3	66.5	66.2	73.4	68.7	70.8	68.3	72.0	66.1	68	67.3
Employment Rate (%)	89.2	91.6	92.8	92.4	89.4	93.4	92.2	92.3	88.6	93.3	94	94.7
Unemployment Rate (%)	10.8	8.4	7.2	7.6	10.6	6.6	7.8	7.7	11.4	6.7	5.9	5.3
VUR (%)	15.7	13.4	14.1	13.6	16.9	14.4	12.3	13.9	11.7	10.6	12.3	15.1

Employed By Industry ('000)	1,543	1,471	1,457	1,454	1,503	1,477	1,512	1,466	1,431	1,392	1,450	1,451
- Agriculture	941	830	831	819	903	865	902	857	856	794	863	861
- Industry	131	140	138	127	120	154	152	138	126	122	108	115
- Service	473	501	490	507	480	458	460	471	449	476	480	477

Unemployed ('000)	188	134	114	120	178	105	127	122	185	100	91	81
Not in the Labor Force ('000)	608	746	793	802	610	721	676	739	628	764	726	746

1992-1994

INDICATOR	1994				1993				1992
	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ	1stQ	2ndQ	3rdQ	4thQ
	Past Week in Apr-94	Past Week in Jul-94	Past Week in Oct-94	Past Week in Jan-95	Past Week in Apr-93	Past Week in Jul-93	Past Week in Oct-93	Past Week in Jan-94	Past Week in Apr-92	Past Week in Jul-92	Past Week in Oct-92	Past Week in Jan-93
Pop'n. 15 yrs & over ('000)	2,196	2,209	2,221	2,232	2,146	2,159	2,171	2,184	2,095	2,108	2,121	2,133
Labor Force ('000)	1,581	1,454	1,440	1,466	1,582	1,432	1,461	1,440	1,567	1,431	1,428	1,459
LFPR (%)	72.0	65.8	64.8	65.7	73.8	66.3	67.3	65.9	74.8	67.9	67.3	68.4
Employment Rate (%)	90.6	92.5	94.1	93.8	90.9	95.9	94.3	94.4	89.2	94.2	93.3	93.8
Unemployment Rate (%)	9.4	7.5	5.9	6.2	9.0	4.1	5.7	5.6	10.8	5.8	6.7	6.2
VUR (%)	11.9	12.7	11.1	10.3	10.8	10.8	12.3	14.0	9.9