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Table 10. Poverty Incidence Among Self-employed and Unpaid Family Workers, by Region: 2015, 2018, and 2021
 Estimate (%)Coefficient of VariationStandard Error
201520182021201520182021201520182021
PHILIPPINES ¹26.218.018.72.62.01.80.70.40.3
..NCR**2.4**12.7**0.3
..CAR ¹ ²29.116.313.211.16.76.23.21.10.8

Footnotes

Self-employed and unpaid family workers refer to employed individuals 15 years old and over who are either self-employed or worked without pay on family owned farm or business. This is a proxy indicator for the informal sector workers.Self-employed and unpaid family workers refer to employed individuals 15 years old and over who are either self-employed or worked without pay on family owned farm or business.
Poverty incidence among self-employed and unpaid family workers refers to the proportion of self-employed and unpaid family workers (belonging to poor families) with per capita income less than the per capita poverty threshold to the total number of self-employed and unpaid family workers.
* - Coefficient of variation of regional poverty incidence among self-employed and unpaid family workers is greater than 20%.
p - This is based on the preliminary results of the 2021 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES).
1/ significant change; The increase or decrease in the poverty incidence among self-employed and unpaid family workers between 2015 and 2018 is significant at 10% level of significance (α = 0.10).
2/ significant change; The increase or decrease in the poverty incidence among self-employed and unpaid family workers between 2018 and 2021 is significant at 10% level of significance (α = 0.10).
a/ Caution in utilizing the estimate for these regions must be observed due to its very small sample size (<50) in 2015.
b/ Caution in utilizing the estimate for these regions must be observed due to its very small sample size (<50) in 2018.
c/ Caution in utilizing the estimate for these regions must be observed due to its very small sample size (<50) in 2021.
d/ BARMM estimates exclude the 63 barangays from different municipalities of the Province of Cotabato.
Year
2021
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Information

Unit
percentage
Contact
Poverty and Human Development Statistics Division
Philippine Statistics Authority
16th flr. Eton Centris 3, EDSA cor. Quezon Ave.,
Quezon City 1101
(02) 8376-1991
phdsd.staff@psa.gov.ph
Latest update
3/24/2023
Update frequency
Every two years
Next update
3/21/2025
Survey
Official Poverty Statistics of the Philippines
Creation date
3/1/2019
Source
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Matrix
1E3DB010