TABLE 3.1 - Employed Persons and Employment Rate by Sex, Philippines: 1998 - 2016 (In Thousands Except Rates) YEAR AND SURVEY MONTH Employed Persons Both Sexes Men Employment Rate Women Both Sexes Men Women 1998 Average January April July October 26,631 26,387 26,555 26,614 26,968 16,714 16,604 16,713 16,710 16,828 9,917 9,783 9,842 9,904 10,139 89.7 91.4 86.7 90.9 90.2 90.2 91.6 87.8 91.2 90.3 89.0 91.0 84.9 90.5 90.0 1999 Average January April July October 27,742 27,147 28,217 27,840 27,762 17,253 16,991 17,587 17,302 17,131 10,489 10,157 10,630 10,538 10,631 90.2 90.8 88.1 91.5 90.4 90.3 90.8 88.7 91.5 90.3 90.0 90.9 87.2 91.4 90.7 2000 Average January April July October 27,452 27,733 27,209 27,093 27,775 17,193 17,287 17,288 16,940 17,258 10,259 10,445 9,921 10,153 10,516 88.8 90.5 86.1 88.8 89.9 89.1 90.4 87.2 89.0 89.7 88.4 90.8 84.3 88.5 90.1 2001 Average January April July October 29,156 28,096 29,160 29,281 30,085 17,923 17,321 18,068 17,970 18,334 11,232 10,774 11,092 11,311 11,751 88.9 88.7 86.7 89.9 90.2 89.2 88.6 87.4 90.2 90.6 88.4 88.7 85.7 89.5 89.7 2002 Average January April July October 30,062 29,705 30,186 30,104 30,251 18,306 18,175 18,415 18,192 18,440 11,756 11,530 11,771 11,912 11,811 88.6 89.7 86.1 88.8 89.8 88.9 89.9 87.0 88.8 89.9 88.2 89.6 84.8 88.7 89.8 2003 Average January April July October 30,635 30,119 30,418 30,451 31,553 18,873 18,404 18,642 18,948 19,498 11,762 11,715 11,775 11,503 12,055 88.6 89.4 87.8 87.4 89.8 89.0 89.4 88.1 88.4 89.9 88.1 89.5 87.4 85.8 89.7 2004 Average January April July October 31,613 31,547 31,533 31,632 31,741 19,646 19,559 19,625 19,563 19,836 11,968 11,988 11,908 12,069 11,905 88.2 89.0 86.3 88.3 89.1 88.5 89.1 86.9 88.3 89.6 87.6 88.7 85.3 88.2 88.3 2005 Average January April July October 32,313 31,634 32,221 32,522 32,875 19,910 19,757 19,700 19,977 20,205 12,403 11,877 12,521 12,545 12,670 a 88.7 91.7 92.3 92.6 a 88.8 91.7 92.4 92.6 a 88.6 91.8 92.2 92.7 2006 Average January April July October 32,636 32,031 32,699 32,926 32,886 20,013 19,854 19,913 19,996 20,289 12,622 12,177 12,786 12,930 12,596 92.0 91.9 91.8 91.9 92.6 91.8 91.6 91.3 91.7 92.3 92.4 92.3 92.4 92.0 93.1 Notes: 1. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. 2. Employment rate is the ratio of the total employed to the total labor force multiplied by 100. 3. Data for the year were averages of four survey rounds (January, April, July and October). 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 while that of January exclude Region VIII. 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 Employment rate for 2005 cannot be computed due to the adoption of the new unemployment definition starting April 2005 of the LFS, The revision affected the composition of the labor force which is the base for the computation of the employment rate. Hence, data for employment rate starting April 2005 onwards are not comparable with prior survey rounds. 3-1