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Zamboanga Peninsula Registers the Second Highest Employment Rate in July 2011
 

The number of employed persons in the Philippines last July 2011 Labor Force Survey (LFS) was estimated at 37.1 million. This number translates to an employment rate of 92.9 percent. The employment rate in the same quarter last year was 93.0 percent.

 

Rates of Employment by Region: July 2011
Area	Employment Rate
Philippines	92.9
National Capital Region	89.1
Cordillera Administrative Region	95.3
I - Ilocos Region	92.1
II  - Cagayan Valey	97.6
III -  Central Luzon	90.4
IVA  -  CALABARZON	89.6
IVB  -  MIMAROPA	96.2
V - Bicol Region	94.6
VI  - Western Visayas	94.0
VII  - Central Visayas	93.7
VIII - Eastern Visayas	95.3
IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula	96.7
X -  Northern Mindanao	94.8
XI  -  Davao Region	94.2
XII  -  SOCCSKSARGEN	95.5
Caraga	94.1
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao	96.3
Notes:  Estimates  are preliminary.
Source:  National Statistics Office,

Across regions, Cagayan Valley had the highest employment rate at 97.6 percent, followed by Zamboanga Peninsula (96.7%), Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) (96.3%) and MIMAROPA (96.2%). The National Capital Region (NCR) had the lowest employment rate at 89.1 percent.

 The unemployment rate of Zamboanga Peninsula was pegged at 3.3 percent, and the underemployment rate was at 23.7 percent.

The unemployed include all persons who are 15 years old and over as of their last birthday and are reported as:

1. without work , i.e., had no job or business during the basic survey reference period; and

2. currently available for work, i.e., were available and willing to take up work in paid employment or self employment during the basic survey reference period, and/or would be available and willing to take up work in paid employment or self employment within two weeks after the interview date; and

3. seeking work, i.e., had taken specific steps to look for a job or establish a business during the basic survey reference period; OR not seeking work due to the following reasons: (a) tired/believe no work available, i.e., the discouraged workers who looked for work within the last six months prior to the interview date; (b) awaiting results of previous job application; temporary illness/disability; (d) bad weather; and (e) waiting for rehire/job recall.