GENDER-BASED INDICATORS OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
Table 6.2a
Proportion of employed males in agriculture to total male employment,
by region, Philippines, 2013-2017
(in percent)
REGION
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Philippines
38.1
37.2
35.8
33.2
31.6
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
1.0
49.9
40.6
63.1
27.1
19.2
57.9
48.1
45.4
34.5
55.4
53.2
46.2
44.7
57.4
43.5
74.2
1.0
52.7
40.0
61.4
25.9
19.1
55.1
46.9
45.9
33.2
59.0
51.7
48.0
43.7
56.1
43.0
74.3
0.8
50.8
38.8
60.7
24.2
17.6
52.7
45.5
45.1
32.4
54.6
50.7
43.8
41.4
54.5
42.8
75.1
0.7
46.5
36.0
56.7
20.4
13.7
51.8
44.4
41.5
32.5
48.1
51.4
42.4
42.1
49.2
44.3
71.2
0.7
46.5
34.1
51.3
18.7
13.1
48.3
38.3
40.8
32.2
43.2
48.7
43.2
40.3
51.8
45.3
71.1
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Employment rates (ERs) of the males were leading in Cagayan Valley at
97.3 percent and in ARMM at 97.1 percent. The female ERs topped in
Central Visayas at 96.3 percent, in Bicol Region at 96.2 percent and in
Cagayan Valley at 96.0 percent. For the unemployment rates, Ilocos
Region had the highest at 9.5 percent for males and 7.6 percent for
females. Higher male unemployment rates were also noted in NCR,
Central Luzon and CALABARZON corresponding to 8.4 percent,
6.9 percent and 7.7 percent. Likewise, unemployment rates for the
females were also high at 6.1 percent in Central Luzon and at 6.0 percent
each in CALABARZON and NCR (Tables 3.2a, 3.2b, 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.
In 2017, the visible underemployment in the country consisted of
2.49 million males and 1.25 million females. The visible underemployment
rates were 9.9 percent for males and 8.2 percent for females
(Tables 5.1a and 5.1b).
At the regional level, Bicol Region had the most counts of visibly
underemployed males at 0.27 million. This was followed by CALABARZON
with 0.25 million males. Meanwhile, the biggest numbers of
underemployed females were posted in CALABARZON at 0.17 million and in
Bicol Region at 0.13 million. The least numbers of underemployed persons
were found in CAR and ARMM. These included 30,000 males and
22,000 females in CAR while 40,000 males and 11,000 females in ARMM.
The regional visible underemployment rates were highest in Bicol Region at
18.5 percent for males and 15.2 percent for females. High male
underemployment rates were also reported in MIMAROPA Region at
16.3 percent and in Caraga at 17.8 percent. For the females, high
underemployment rates were recorded in MIMAROPA Region at
13.9 percent and Eastern Visayas at 14.3 percent. The least rates were
recorded in NCR at 3.9 percent for the males and at 3.7 percent for the
females (Tables 5.2a and 5.2b).
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