Social Weather Station : Unemployment Up
Unemployment rises to 24%, 9.7M Pinoys jobless
"The survey research institution said that based on a Dec. 3-7 survey last year, the proportion of adults without work had risen to 24% from 20.2% three months earlier -- equivalent to an estimated 9.7 million Filipinos.
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"Sought for comment, Labor Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz said that the “government uses the National Statistics Office Labor Force Survey as official reference on data on employment and unemployment.”
"She added that there was no basis for comparison between the SWS poll and LFS as the latter has a respondent base of 54,000 households against the former’s 1,200 individuals."The 6.4% unemployment in the latest LFS survey is equivalent to an estimated 2.644 million Filipinos. The figure is down from 7.1% a year earlier.
"Sec. Herminio B. Coloma, Jr. of the Presidential Communications and Operations Office, meanwhilem said that “regardless of the differences in methodology,” the government appreciated “the SWS’ efforts to bring to the surface greater awareness about the employment situation.”"
