employment rate in april 2014 is estimated at 93

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Employment Rate in April 2014 isEstimated at 93.0 PercentReference Number:

2014-041

Release ate:

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Results from t!e April 2014 "abor #orce $ur%ey &"#$'

The employment rate in April 2014 is estimated at 93.0 percent. This estimate is based on

the April 2014 round of the !" #hich did not co$er the pro$ince of eyte. The employment

rate for the same month of 2013, computed usin% data from the April 2013 !" thatincludes the pro$ince of eyte, #as 92.& percent. 'sin% data from the same !" round, but

e(cludin% data from the pro$ince of eyte, the employment rate for April 2013 is estimated

at 92.4 percent. !or this report, the April 2013 labor and employment indicators, computed

based on data #hich e(cludes the pro$ince of eyte, are used #hen comparin% the April

2014 estimates #ith the April 2013 fi%ures.

!our re%ions, namely, )ational *apital +e%ion )*+ 9./, locos +e%ion 90.,

*AAA+) 91.0, and *entral u5on 91.4 had employment rates lo#er than the

national fi%ure. The labor force participation rate !6+ in April 2014 is estimated at /&.2percent, up from the !6+ in April 2013 #hich #as estimated at /3. percent. The labor

force consists of the employed and the unemployed.

7or8ers are %rouped into three broad sectors, namely, a%riculture, industry and ser$ices

sector. 7or8ers in the ser$ices sector continued to comprise the lar%est proportion of the

population #ho are employed. These #or8ers made up &2. percent of the total employed


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in April 2014 Table 1. Amon% them, those en%a%ed in #holesale and retail trade or in the

repair of motor $ehicles and motorcycles accounted for the lar%est percenta%e 3&. of

#or8ers in ser$ices sector Table 2. n April 2013, #or8ers in the ser$ices sector

accounted for &2. percent of the total employed, #ith those en%a%ed in #holesale and

retail trade or in the repair of motor $ehicles and motorcycles ma8in% up the lar%est

proportion 34.4 of #or8ers in ser$ices sector Table 1 and 2.

7or8ers in the a%riculture sector comprised the second lar%est %roup ma8in% up 30.

percent of the total employed in April 2014, #hile #or8ers in the industry sector made up

the smallest %roup re%isterin% 1/.4 percent of the total employed. "imilar percenta%es

#ere recorded for April 2013, #ith #or8ers in a%riculture ma8in% up at 31.2 percent of the

total employed, and #or8ers in industry sector, 1/.2 percent. n the industry sector,

#or8ers in the manufacturin% subsector made up the lar%est %roup, accountin% for &2.4

percent of #or8ers in this sector, and those in construction, the second lar%est %roup,

ma8in% up 40. percent Table 1 and 2.

Amon% the occupation %roups, the laborers and uns8illed #or8ers remained the lar%est

%roup ma8in% up 32.3 percent of the total employed in April 2014 Table 1. n April 2013,

such #or8ers made up 32.& percent of the total employed in that period. fficials of the

:o$ernment and special interest or%ani5ations, corporate e(ecuti$es, mana%ers, and

mana%in% proprietors 1/.0 of the total employed comprised the second lar%est

occupation %roup, follo#ed by farmers, forestry #or8ers and fishermen 13.3, and

ser$ice #or8ers and shop;mar8et sales #or8ers 12.&.


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ob, or to ha$e a ne# >ob #ith lon%er #or8in% hours are

considered underemployed. n April 2014, the underemployment rate, #hich is the

percenta%e of the underemployed to the total employed, is estimated at 1.2 percent, #hile

it #as estimated at 19.2 percent in April 2013.

'nderemployed persons #ho #or8 for less than 40 hours in a #ee8 are called $isibly

underemployed persons. They accounted for /1.0 percent of the total underemployed in

April 2014 Table 4. The proportion in the same month of 2013 #as lo#er &3.. y

comparison, the underemployed persons #ho #or8ed for 40 hours or more in a #ee8 made

up 3/.4 percent. y sector, 41.3 percent of the underemployed #or8ed in the a%riculture

sector, #hile 40.9 percent #ere in the ser$ices sector. Those in the industry sector

accounted for 1. percent Table 4.

The unemployment rate in April 2014 is estimated at .0 percent. t is estimated at ./

percent for April 2013 based on the April 2013 !" data #hich e(cludes eyte. ncludin%

eyte, the April 2013 unemployment rate is estimated at .& percent. Amon% the re%ions,

the )*+ 10.4, locos +e%ion 9.2, *entral u5on ./ and *AAA+) 9.0

had unemployment rates hi%her than the national fi%ure Table &.

Amon% the unemployed persons in April 2014, /1. percent #ere males. f the total

unemployed, the a%e %roup 1& to 24 years comprised 49. percent, #hile the a%e %roup 2&to 34, 30.& percent. y educational attainment, one-fifth 22.4 of the unemployed #ere

colle%e %raduates, 14.& percent #ere colle%e under%raduates, and 32. percent #ere hi%h

school %raduates Table /.


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(Sgd.) LISA GRACE S. BERSALES, Ph.D.

)ational

"tatistician

(ec!nical Notes

"tartin% July 2003, the abor !orce "ur$ey !" adopted the 2003 ?aster "ample

@esi%n, #ith a sample si5e of appro(imately &0,000 households.

"tartin% January 2012 !", the codes for industry adopted the 2009 6hilippine

"tandard ndustrial *lassification 6"*. 6rior to this, codes for industry used the

1994 6"*.

uestion on $ocational course #as introduced in the January 2012 !" Buestionnaire.

"tartin% April 200&, the ne# unemployment definition #as adopted per )"*

+esolution )umber 1& dated ctober 20, 2004. As indicated in the said resolution, the

unemployed include all persons #ho are 1& years and o$er as of their last birthday and

are reported as= 1 #ithout #or8 and currently a$ailable for #or8 and see8in% #or8C or

2 #ithout #or8 and currently a$ailable for #or8 but not see8in% #or8 for the follo#in%

reasons=

1. Tired;belie$ed no #or8 a$ailable

2. A#aitin% results of pre$ious >ob application

3. Temporary illness;disability

4. ad #eather

&. 7aitin% for rehire;>ob recall


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"tartin% #ith the July 200 !" round, the population pro>ections based on the 2000

*ensus of 6opulation and Dousin% *6D #as adopted to %enerate the labor force

statistics. The 2000 *6D-based population pro>ections has been endorsed as the

official fi%ures to be utili5ed for plannin% and pro%rammin% purposes per )"*

+esolution )o. "eries of 200/, entitled Adopting the Methodology Used in

Generating the 2000 ensus of !opulation and "ousing-#ased $ational %egional and

!ro&in'ial !opulation !ro(e'tions).

$erseas !ilipino 7or8ers are not considered part of the labor force in the

6hilippines. Dence, in the !", data on economic characteristics of household members

#ho are o$erseas #or8ers are not collected. !or the !" reports, they are e(cluded in

the estimation of the si5e of #or8in% population, that is, population a%ed 1& years and

older, and in the estimation of the labor force.

The pro$ince of eyte #as not co$ered in the April 2014 !". A ne# samplin% frame

for the pro$ince of eyte has to be created. This is because of the lar%e number of

households in eyte #hich #ere displaced by typhoon Eolanda. The old listin% of

households for eyte used as samplin% frame for the 2003 ?aster "ample is no lon%er

usable.

employment rate in april 2014 is estimated at 93

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