GENDER-BASED INDICATORS OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
Employment in Agriculture
Information on the employment of male and female agricultural workers
indicates gender differences in the use of agricultural labor.
The country’s employed persons in agriculture had more males at
7.93 million than females at 2.33 million in 2017.
Majority of the male agricultural workers were recorded in Western
Visayas at 0.78 million and in SOCCSKSARGEN at 0.63 million. The female
agricultural workers were bigger in number in Central Visayas at
0.30 million and in Western Visayas at 0.24 million. In contrast, fewer
counts of male and female agricultural workers were reported in NCR at
22,000 and 4,000 persons, respectively (Tables 6.1a and 6.1b).
Nationwide, the proportion of the male employment in agriculture to the
total male employment was higher at 31.6 percent than the proportion of
female employment in agriculture to the total female employment at
15.3 percent. At the regional level, ARMM posted the biggest proportions
of male agricultural workers at 71.1 percent of the region’s total male
employment. It also recorded the highest proportion of female workers in
agriculture at 41.5 percent of the region’s total female employment. The
agricultural employment of the males in Cagayan Valley and
SOCCSKSARGEN comprised around 51.0 percent of the regions’ total male
employment. The shares of the female agricultural employment were
higher in CAR, Cagayan Valley and Zamboanga Peninsula ranging from
30.3 percent to 35.8 percent. The lowest proportions were noted in NCR
at 0.7 percent for males and 0.2 percent for females. Likewise, smaller
proportions of the female agricultural workers were observed in Central
Luzon at 5.1 percent and in CALABARZON at 3.8 percent
(Tables 6.2a and 6.2b).
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Table 6.1b
Number of employed females in agriculture, by region, Philippines, 2013-2017
(in '000 persons)
REGION
Philippines
NCR
CAR
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA Region
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
ARMM
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
3,013
3,106
2,908
2,757
2,332
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
4
105
102
172
78
93
117
143
242
304
133
145
201
129
175
87
102
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY
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