GENDER-BASED INDICATORS OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
Unemployment
Table 6.1b
Number of employed females in agriculture, by region, Philippines, 2012-2016
(in '000 persons)
REGION
Philippines
NCR
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
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
3,093
3,013
3,106
2,908
2,757
2
130
155
248
161
151
168
182
287
287
159
189
282
163
225
92
212
3
128
147
249
177
134
150
173
278
304
168
191
239
158
222
100
190
4
138
160
236
172
166
158
173
325
321
115
171
283
166
210
98
209
3
137
149
238
133
138
161
198
304
310
94
168
242
135
206
94
198
3
122
144
211
102
105
142
190
299
334
142
181
208
143
188
90
153
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Unemployment by sex indicates the incapacity of the labor market to
absorb the available males and females to contribute to production
activities.
In 2016, the number of unemployed males totaled 1.49 million while the
unemployed females summed up to 0.88 million. Unemployment rates
(URs) figured to 5.6 percent for males and 5.2 percent for females.
For both sexes, more unemployed persons were reported in
CALABARZON at 0.29 million males and 0.15 million females and in NCR at
0.23 million males and 0.14 million females. The counts of unemployed
males in Western and Central Visayas and Central Luzon ranged from
0.10 million to 0.20 million. Bigger number of unemployed females was
also noted in Central Luzon at 0.11 million. CAR had the lowest
unemployment at 19,000 males and 16,000 females (Tables 4.1a and
4.1b).
Unemployment rates (URs) for males were highest in CALABARZON at
8.2 percent and NCR at 7.3 percent. Female URs were leading in ARMM at
6.3 percent, Central Luzon at 6.2 percent and Northern Mindanao at
6.0 percent. The least unemployment rates were posted in Cagayan Valley
at 2.6 percent for males and 4.0 percent for females. Similarly, UR of
4.0 percent for females was registered in Central Visayas. Male UR was,
likewise, low in ARMM at 3.0 percent (Tables 4.2a and 4.2b).
Visible Underemployment
Persons who are visibly underemployed are those who work for less than
40 hours during the reference week and are still wanting additional hours
of work.
Nationwide, there were 2.75 million males and 1.40 million females in
2016 who were considered as visibly underemployed persons. Visible
underemployment rates were 11.0 percent for males and 8.7 percent for
females (Tables 5.1a and 5.1b).
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