TABLE 3.1 - Employed Persons and Employment Rate by Sex, Philippines: 1998 - 2016 (Continued) (In Thousands Except Rates) YEAR AND SURVEY MONTH Employed Persons Both Sexes Employment Rate Men Women Both Sexes Men Women 2007 Average January April July October 33,560 33,545 33,704 33,318 33,672 20,542 20,314 20,754 20,347 20,754 13,018 13,231 12,950 12,971 12,918 92.7 92.2 92.6 92.2 93.7 92.5 91.9 92.3 92.1 93.6 93.0 92.6 93.1 92.4 94.0 2008 Average January April July October 34,089 33,693 33,535 34,593 34,533 20,959 20,654 20,774 21,132 21,276 13,129 13,038 12,762 13,461 13,257 92.6 92.6 92.0 92.6 93.2 92.4 92.2 91.9 92.6 93 92.9 93.3 92.1 92.8 93.4 2009 Average January April July October 35,061 34,262 34,997 35,508 35,478 21,404 20,989 21,441 21,486 21,698 13,657 13,272 13,555 14,022 13,780 92.5 92.3 92.5 92.4 92.9 92.4 92 92.5 92.4 92.6 92.8 92.8 92.6 92.4 93.3 2010 Average January April July October 36,035 36,001 35,413 36,237 36,488 21,921 21,687 21,584 22,142 22,272 14,114 14,314 13,828 14,095 14,216 92.7 92.7 92.0 93.0 92.9 92.4 92.2 91.8 92.9 92.6 93.1 93.5 92.2 93.3 93.3 2011 Average January April July October 37,192 36,293 36,820 37,106 38,550 22,573 22,193 22,383 22,475 23,241 14,619 14,100 14,436 14,631 15,309 93.0 92.6 92.8 92.9 93.6 92.7 92.4 92.4 92.7 93.3 93.4 92.8 93.3 93.3 93.9 2012 Average January April July October 37,600 37,334 37,842 37,555 37,670 22,849 22,697 23,038 22,695 22,966 14,751 14,637 14,804 14,860 14,704 93.0 92.8 93.1 93.0 93.2 92.8 92.5 93.0 92.8 93.0 93.3 93.3 93.3 93.2 93.3 2013 Average January April July October 38,118 37,940 37,819 38,175 38,537 23,150 22,827 23,101 23,265 23,408 14,968 15,113 14,718 14,910 15,129 92.9 92.9 92.5 92.7 93.6 92.7 92.5 92.4 92.7 93.3 93.2 93.5 92.5 92.8 94.1 2014 Average January April July October 38,651 36,418 38,664 38,453 38,837 23,365 22,045 23,331 23,242 23,522 15,286 14,374 15,333 15,210 15,315 93.4 92.5 93.0 93.3 94.0 93.1 92.1 92.8 93.0 93.6 93.9 93.1 93.2 93.7 94.7 2015 Average January April July October 38,741 38,461 39,158 39,177 39,755 23,406 23,290 23,568 23,671 24,106 15,335 15,172 15,591 15,506 15,669 93.7 93.4 93.6 93.5 94.4 93.4 92.9 93.3 93.3 94.1 94.2 94.3 94.0 93.8 94.8 2016 Average January April July October 40,998 40,052 40,664 40,954 41,685 25,035 24,154 24,955 25,104 25,538 15,963 15,898 15,709 15,849 16,147 94.6 94.2 93.9 94.6 95.3 94.4 93.9 93.8 94.7 95.1 94.8 94.6 94.2 94.5 95.6 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. Source of basic data: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey, Public Use Files. 3-2