TABLE 2.8 - Labor Force, Labor Force Participation Rate and Men-Women Participation Gap by Sex, Philippines: 1998 - 2016 (Continued) (In Thousands Except Rates) YEAR/SURVEY MONTH Labor Force Labor Force Participation Rate Men-Women Participation Gap Both Sexes Men Women Both Sexes 2007 Average January April July October 36,213 36,395 36,396 36,142 35,918 22,217 22,108 22,483 22,099 22,178 13,995 14,287 13,912 14,043 13,739 64.0 64.8 64.5 63.6 63.2 78.8 79.0 80.0 78.0 78.3 49.3 50.7 49.2 49.2 48.2 29.5 28.3 30.8 28.8 30.1 2008 Average January April July October 36,805 36,368 36,450 37,343 37,058 22,673 22,395 22,594 22,831 22,872 14,132 13,973 13,856 14,511 14,187 63.6 63.4 63.2 64.3 63.7 78.8 78.5 78.7 79.0 78.9 48.6 48.4 47.8 49.7 48.6 30.1 30.1 30.9 29.3 30.3 2009 Average January April July October 37,892 37,116 37,824 38,430 38,197 23,173 22,818 23,181 23,260 23,433 14,719 14,298 14,643 15,170 14,764 64.0 63.3 64.0 64.6 64.0 78.6 78.3 79.0 78.5 78.8 49.4 48.5 49.3 50.8 49.3 29.2 29.8 29.7 27.7 29.5 2010 Average January April July October 38,893 38,828 38,512 38,946 39,287 23,729 23,515 23,521 23,838 24,044 15,164 15,314 14,991 15,108 15,243 64.1 64.5 63.6 63.9 64.2 78.5 78.4 78.1 78.6 78.9 49.7 50.7 49.2 49.4 49.6 28.8 27.7 28.9 29.2 29.3 2011 Average January April July October 40,006 39,210 39,691 39,928 41,194 24,345 24,021 24,220 24,241 24,899 15,660 15,190 15,471 15,687 16,295 64.6 63.7 64.2 64.3 66.3 79.0 78.5 78.8 78.4 80.4 50.4 49.1 49.8 50.4 52.2 28.6 29.4 28.9 28.0 28.2 2012 Average January April July October 40,426 40,226 40,645 40,401 40,433 24,616 24,538 24,783 24,462 24,682 15,810 15,689 15,861 15,940 15,752 64.2 64.2 64.7 64.0 63.9 78.5 78.7 79.3 77.7 78.2 50.0 49.8 50.2 50.4 49.6 28.5 28.9 29.0 27.3 28.6 2013 Average January April July October 41,022 40,834 40,906 41,178 41,172 24,968 24,667 24,996 25,107 25,100 16,055 16,167 15,910 16,071 16,071 63.9 64.1 63.8 63.9 63.9 78.1 77.7 78.4 78.2 78.1 49.9 50.6 49.4 49.7 49.8 28.2 27.1 29.0 28.5 28.3 2014 Average January April July October 41,379 39,387 41,588 41,231 41,319 25,093 23,943 25,137 25,002 25,141 16,286 15,444 16,451 16,229 16,178 64.6 63.8 65.2 64.4 64.3 78.6 77.8 79.2 78.3 78.4 50.7 49.8 51.3 50.5 50.3 28.0 28.0 27.9 27.8 28.2 2015 Average January April July October 41,342 41,164 41,840 41,901 42,146 25,062 25,073 25,260 25,362 25,609 16,280 16,091 16,580 16,539 16,536 63.7 63.7 64.6 62.9 63.3 77.3 77.8 78.2 76.2 76.9 50.1 49.7 51.0 49.6 49.6 27.2 28.1 27.2 26.6 27.3 2016 Average January April July October 43,361 42,520 43,289 43,286 43,724 26,521 25,719 26,616 26,515 26,843 16,840 16,801 16,674 16,771 16,882 63.5 63.3 63.5 63.2 63.6 77.6 76.6 78.2 77.5 77.9 49.3 50.0 48.9 49.0 49.3 28.3 26.6 29.3 28.5 28.6 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. Source of basic data: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey, Public Use Files. 2 - 43