TABLE 2 - Household Population 15 Years Old and Over and Employment Status,

Philippines: 2016 - July 2018

(In Thousands Except Rates)

2016 2017 2018

INDICATOR
Ave Jan Apr Jul Oct Ave Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr p
Jul p

Household Population
15 Years Old and Over 68,311 67,889 68,167 68,443 68,743 69,891 69,414 69,605 70,164 70,380 70,897 71,014 71,560
Labor Force 43,361 43,144 43,289 43,286 43,724 42,775 42,109 42,714 42,544 43,732 44,075 43,256 42,982
Employed 40,998 40,689 40,664 40,954 41,685 40,334 39,347 40,271 40,171 41,547 41,755 40,896 40,659
At Work 40,600 40,421 39,896 40,729 41,352 39,964 38,944 39,712 39,946 41,255 41,243 40,465 40,431
Worked Less Than 40 Hours (Part-Time) 13,361 13,040 13,350 13,087 13,967 13,650 13,441 15,215 12,640 13,304 14,690 12,671 11,466
Worked 40 Hours and Over (Full-Time) 27,239 27,381 26,546 27,642 27,386 26,314 25,503 24,497 27,306 27,951 26,552 27,794 28,964
With a Job But Not at Work 398 268 768 225 332 370 404 559 225 292 512 430 228
Underemployed 7,513 7,975 7,431 7,134 7,510 6,506 6,398 6,468 6,541 6,616 7,498 6,934 7,005
Visibly 1 4,149 4,189 4,288 3,965 4,153 3,739 3,839 4,027 3,440 3,652 4,416 3,740 3,302
Invisibly 3,364 3,786 3,143 3,169 3,357 2,766 2,559 2,442 3,101 2,963 3,082 3,194 3,703
Unemployed 2,363 2,455 2,625 2,332 2,040 2,441 2,761 2,443 2,373 2,185 2,320 2,360 2,323
Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 63.5 63.6 63.5 63.2 63.6 61.2 60.7 61.4 60.6 62.1 62.2 60.9 60.1
Employment Rate (%) 94.6 94.3 93.9 94.6 95.3 94.3 93.4 94.3 94.4 95.0 94.7 94.5 94.6
Underemployment Rate (%) 18.3 19.6 18.3 17.4 18.0 16.1 16.3 16.1 16.3 15.9 18.0 17.0 17.2
Visible Underemployment Rate (%) 10.1 10.3 10.5 9.7 10.0 9.3 9.8 10.0 8.6 8.8 10.6 9.1 8.1
Unemployment Rate (%) 5.4 5.7 6.1 5.4 4.7 5.7 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.4
Employment Generation NA NA NA NA NA (664) (1,342) (393) (783) (138) 2,408 625 488
Employment Growth (%) NA NA NA NA NA (1.62) (3.30) (0.97) (1.91) (0.33) 6.12 1.55 1.21
Notes: 1. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
2. Rates were computed based on actual figures.
3. 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.
4. January 2016 data reflected were based on the 2010 CPH population projections to compute for the annualized data for 2016.

p Preliminary.
NA Not available.
1 Number of visibly underemployed persons includes the number of underemployed persons who were with jobs but did not work during the reference period.

Source of basic data: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey.

Definitions:
Labor Force - population 15 years old and over who are either employed or unemployed.
Employed - persons 15 years old and over who, during the reference week, were reported at work for at least an hour.
Unemployed - persons 15 years old and over without work or had no job/business, looking or seeking work, and available for work during the reference week.
Underemployed - employed persons who want additional hours of work in their present job, or to have additional job, or to have a new job with longer working hours.
Visibly Underemployed - underemployed persons who worked for less than 40 hours during the reference week.
Invisibly Underemployed - underemployed persons who worked for 40 hours or more during the reference week.
Employment Generation - year-on-year incremental change in employment.