Philippines: Does Employment have a Gender?

In 2013, there has been an employment gap of 28.2% between male and female workforce with males being employed by said margin more than the females. Around 25,000 of employed individuals are males while only 16,000 are females. Does this signal that employment in the Philippines is more sexist than we thought?

Nope. Not the least. If you’re in a top women school and said statistic is getting you down, don’t let it. Turns out, there’s more to the numbers than just the gap.

A recent survey by Index Mundi estimates that the Philippines have a higher male population in between the ages of 15-54. That’s an almost 2% gap and that does not yet include the rate the fact that the average mean age of pregnancy in the country is around 25-29 years old. Also, females also only outnumber males around the ages of 55 and beyond since females, biologically, have longer life expectancy than males.

Given that the most preferred age range of employment is around 25-34 years old across all regions (Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics; BLES), and not counting the number of females who stay at home to care for children, that’s a pretty good employment statistic when it comes to gender.

Actually, the statistic of employment ratio for men and women is 92.7% and 93.2% employment rate respectively.

 So, no, employment does not have a gender in the country and that’s good news for kababayans everywhere.