Philippines

1.Series

Title:

Number of Registered Applicants (by region, by sex and by programme).

2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons

Name of the agency:

Public Employment Service Office (PESO).

Type of agency:

Public service under a national authority.

Name of the national authority:

Department of Labour and Employment.

Location of the local offices making the registrations:

In all parts of the country.

Type of services provided/administered by the agency:

  • Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
  • Assisting job-seekers to establish their own business;
  • Assisting employers to find workers;
  • Vocational guidance;
  • Job-related training;
  • Providing labour market information.

    Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:

    20%.

    3.Information registered about a person:

  • Name;
  • Sex;
  • Social security number (or similar identification number also used by other agencies);
  • Address of usual residence;
  • Date of birth;
  • Citizenship;
  • Nationality/ethnic group;
  • Educational/vocational attainment (educational level, course title). Links to ISCED have not been established;
  • Current/past activity status (currently employed or previously employed);
  • Type of work (occupation) of past or present job, with ten categories distinguished, based on the Philippines Standard Occupational Classification (PSOC);
  • Type of work (occupation) of job sought, with ten categories (PSOC); Links to ISCO-88 have been established;
  • Name and address of present or previous employer or work place.

    4.Criteria used for inclusion of a person in the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

  • Being without work (R) and (S);
  • Seeking work (R) and (S);
  • Availability for work (R);
  • Age (lower limit: 15 years; no upper limit) (S);
  • Citizenship (R);
  • Being resident in the country (R);
  • Previously employed (R);
  • Desired duration of employment (R).

    5.Criteria used for exclusion of a person from the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

  • Death (R);
  • Taking up residency abroad (R);
  • Commencement of a (new) job (R);
  • Commencement of military service (R);
  • Participation in an employment promotion scheme, public work programme, etc (R);
  • Studying or undergoing training (R);
  • Failure to contact the agency/service (R);
  • Inability to work (R).

    6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics

    Applicants registered: number of job-seekers who indicate interest in availing themselves of the various employment facilitation services offered by PESO by filling up the registration form.

    7.Updating of the registers

    The registers are updated regularly.

    8.Unemployment rates

    Statistics from the registers are not used to obtain unemployment rates.

    9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced

    Series:

    Number of Registered Applicants.

    Reference period:

    Month.

    Frequency of production:

    Monthly.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Age;
  • Educational level;
  • Occupation;
  • Industry;
  • Geographic characteristics;
  • Previous work experience;
  • Citizenship.

    Form of publication:

    On paper, for limited audience.

    Agency responsible for publication:

    Bureau of Local Employment (BLE).

    10.Methodological information about the statistics

    Form of release:

    Not released, available for internal use only.

    11.Comparisons with unemployment statistics from other sources

    Comparisons have been made with unemployment statistics from the Labour Force Survey.

    Frequency of the comparisons:

    Occasionally.

    Methodology/results of the methodology published:

    These have not been published.

    12.Major changes since the start of the statistics

    Major changes in legislation took place in 1999 (Public Employment Service Office Act (RA 8759)). The resulting changes in the statistics have not been estimated.