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Percent Distribution of Employed Persons by Nature of Employment, by Sex and Class of Worker, Philippines: 2017

Table ID: 1B3ANSW0

Indicator Nature of Employment, Sex and Class of Worker
Definition Nature of Employment
Class of Worker:
Employed persons are classified according to seven categories, namely:
1. Worked for private household
These are employed persons working for pay in a private household, in cash or in kind. Examples are domestic helper, household cook, gardener, and family driver.
2. Worked for private establishment
These are persons working for pay in a private establishment, in cash or in kind. Examples are public transport drivers who do not own the vehicle but drive them on boundary basis, persons working in public work projects on private contractors, dock hands or stevedores, and cargo handlers in railroad stations or piers. This category includes not only persons working for a private industry but also those working for a religious group, missionary, unions and non-profit organizations, as well as Filipinos working in embassies, legation, chancelleries or consulates of foreign government in the Philippines, and Filipinos working in international organizations of sovereign states of governments like the United Nations (UN) and World Health Organization (WHO).
3. Worked for government and government-controlled corporation
These are persons working for the Philippine government or a government corporation or any of its instrumentalities. This category of worker includes the following workers: employees of national government agencies and local government units; employees of government-owned and -controlled corporations and financial institutions like the Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS), Social Security System (SSS), National Power Corporation (NPC), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP); and civilian and military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) including chaplains, doctors, nurses, and dentists.
4. Self-employed
These are persons who operate their own businesses or trades and do not employ paid workers in the conduct of their economic activities. This category includes workers who worked purely on commission basis and who may not have regular working hours.
5. Employer
These are persons who employ one or more paid employees in the operation of their businesses or trades. Thus, domestic helpers, family drivers and other household helpers who assist in the family-operated business, regardless of time spent in this activity, are not hired employees in the enterprise/business. A farm or business proprietor who is assisted purely by such domestic help is not also considered an employer.
6. Worked with pay in own family-operated farm or business These are members of the household who receive cash, or fixed share of the produce, as payment for their services in a farm or business operated by another member living in the same household.
7. Worked without pay in own family-operated farm or business
These are members of the household who assist in the operation of own family-operated farm or business, and do not receive any wage or salary for their work. The room and board and any cash allowance given as incentives are not counted as compensation for these family workers.
Method of Computation Technical Notes on the Labor Force Survey (LFS)
Source of Basic Data Labor Force Survey (LFS)
Source Document/Agency Philippine Statistics Authority
Frequency of Release Quarterly
Latest Available July 2018
Level of Disaggregation Regional
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