GENDER-BASED INDICATORS OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
Household Population Aged 15 Years Old and Over
Table 7.1a
Daily nominal wage rate of male agricultural workers, by region,
Philippines, 2013-2017
(in pesos)
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Philipines
236.34
252.59
271.69
278.23
284.72
CAR
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
ARMM
261.91
302.68
294.61
347.99
304.63
260.48
210.73
220.24
203.68
206.33
220.61
217.78
232.15
218.91
260.50
222.15
280.68
309.66
313.49
365.18
318.70
275.14
242.53
235.72
215.78
237.83
231.23
232.12
238.14
231.96
284.13
231.30
292.30
319.87
332.99
361.32
323.53
282.54
247.91
244.89
230.75
241.47
242.90
244.17
252.09
250.23
311.63
253.88
290.81
331.26
333.55
381.17
326.86
280.77
269.86
246.06
233.51
244.61
240.50
233.83
254.42
246.78
309.85
258.43
272.57
312.61
285.81
363.43
371.72
307.25
270.02
278.38
238.80
255.67
238.98
246.39
268.63
250.26
316.27
250.01
REGION
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Gender-specific information on the number of persons aged 15 years old
and over indicates the distribution of males and females who are
available for work. This serves as input for assessing the surplus or
shortages of the males and females in the labor market and consequently,
for the formulation and implementation of relevant programs and policies
regarding labor.
In 2017, the country’s working population aged 15 years old and over
consisted of 35.00 million males and 34.89 million females.
At the regional level, CALABARZON had the biggest working age
population comprising of 4.78 million males and 5.01 million females. This
was followed by NCR at 4.36 million males and 4.72 million females. In
Central Luzon, the working age males and females numbered around
3.9 million each. CAR reported the least numbers of working age males at
0.64 million and females at 0.61 million. This group of population was also
fewer in number in Caraga with only 0.95 million males and 0.89 million
females (Tables 1.1a and 1.1b).
Labor Force
Sex-disaggregated data on labor force gives the composition of
population 15 year old and over, whether employed and unemployed,
who contributed to the production of goods and services in the country. It
also indicates the proportions of males and females of working age who
join the labor force stream.
Nationwide, the labor force population in 2017 covered 26.67 million
males and 16.11 million females. These corresponded to labor force
participation rates (LFPRs) of 76.2 percent for the males and 46.2 percent
for the females.
Among regions, the majority of the males and females who were in the
labor force in 2017 were reported in CALABARZON at 3.67 million and
2.57 million, respectively. In NCR, labor force population figured to
3.24 million males and 2.31 million females. Fewer counts of the males
and females in the labor force were observed in CAR, Caraga and ARMM.
In these regions, the male labor force ranged from 0.47 million to
0.81 million while the females ranged from 0.26 million to 0.41 million
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