TABLE 2.8 - Labor Force, Labor Force Participation Rate and Men-Women Participation Gap by Sex, Philippines: 1998 - 2016 (In Thousands Except Rates) YEAR/SURVEY MONTH Labor Force Labor Force Participation Rate Men-Women Participation Gap Both Sexes Men Women Both Sexes 1998 Average January April July October 29,674 28,876 30,644 29,275 29,901 18,533 18,119 19,047 18,328 18,638 11,141 10,756 11,597 10,947 11,263 64.6 63.5 66.9 63.5 64.4 81.2 80.2 83.7 80.2 80.8 48.1 47.0 50.3 47.0 48.2 33.1 33.2 33.4 33.1 32.6 1999 Average January April July October 30,759 29,889 32,013 30,440 30,693 19,104 18,716 19,823 18,912 18,967 11,654 11,172 12,190 11,528 11,727 65.1 63.9 68.0 64.2 64.3 81.1 80.3 84.2 80.0 79.8 49.2 47.6 51.8 48.4 48.9 31.9 32.7 32.4 31.6 30.9 2000 Average January April July October 30,911 30,632 31,587 30,518 30,907 19,307 19,124 19,824 19,042 19,236 11,605 11,508 11,763 11,476 11,672 63.6 63.7 65.2 62.6 63.0 79.6 79.8 81.7 78.5 78.6 47.7 47.7 48.7 46.8 47.4 31.9 32.1 33.0 31.7 31.2 2001 Average January April July October 32,809 31,693 33,621 32,567 33,354 20,098 19,543 20,675 19,926 20,246 12,711 12,149 12,945 12,640 13,107 67.1 65.5 69.0 66.3 67.5 82.4 81.2 84.7 81.3 82.3 51.8 49.9 53.2 51.3 52.8 30.6 31.3 31.5 30.0 29.5 2002 Average January April July October 33,936 33,098 35,052 33,918 33,674 20,601 20,226 21,166 20,494 20,516 13,335 12,872 13,886 13,424 13,157 67.4 66.4 69.9 67.1 66.2 82.0 81.3 84.5 81.6 80.8 52.8 51.5 55.3 52.8 51.7 29.2 29.8 29.2 28.8 29.1 2003 Average January April July October 34,571 33,678 34,635 34,850 35,120 21,216 20,587 21,160 21,437 21,681 13,354 13,090 13,474 13,413 13,439 66.7 65.7 67.1 67.0 67.1 82.2 80.6 82.0 83.0 83.4 51.4 50.9 52.2 51.3 51.1 30.8 29.7 29.8 31.7 32.3 2004 Average January April July October 35,862 35,447 36,535 35,838 35,629 22,204 21,940 22,571 22,156 22,148 13,659 13,508 13,964 13,683 13,481 67.5 67.3 69.0 67.2 66.5 83.8 83.6 85.6 83.3 82.9 51.2 51.1 52.5 51.1 50.2 32.6 32.5 33.1 32.2 32.7 2005 Average January April July October 35,286 35,664 35,130 35,237 35,494 64.7 66.1 64.8 64.6 64.8 79.6 82.8 79.5 79.5 79.8 49.9 49.5 50.2 49.7 49.8 29.7 33.3 29.3 29.8 30.0 2006 Average January April July October 35,464 34,868 35,633 35,844 35,511 64.2 63.6 64.8 64.6 63.8 79.3 79.4 79.6 78.9 79.2 49.3 47.9 50.2 50.5 48.5 30.0 31.5 29.4 28.4 30.7 a 21,646 22,252 21,491 21,624 21,822 21,811 21,672 21,801 21,795 21,975 a 13,641 13,412 13,638 13,613 13,672 a 13,653 13,196 13,833 14,048 13,536 Men Women Notes: 1. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. 2. Labor force is the sum of all the employed and unemployed persons. 3. Labor force participation rate is the ratio of the total labor force to the total household population 15 years old and over multiplied by 100 4. Annualized data for 2014 refer to the average of estimates for April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude Leyte province. 5. Annualized data for 2015 refer to the average of the four survey rounds that exclude Leyte. The use of the four survey rounds that exclude Leyte was based on the results of the referendum conducted among members of the Inter-Agency Committee on Labor and Productivity Statistics (IACLPS). 6. Starting April 2016 round, the Labor Force Survey (LFS) adopted the 2013 Master Sample Design as well as the population projections based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH) while previous survey rounds were derived using the 2000 CPH population projections. 7. Annualized data for 2016 was computed as the average of the four survey rounds using the January 2016 round that was based on the 2010 CPH population projections. a Data refers to averages of April, July and October survey rounds as the definition of unemployment was revised beginning April 2005 to include availability criterion in conformance with international standards. Thus, data series from 2005 and onwards are not comparable with the old series. 2 - 42