Survey says joblessness drops in PH by 19.7% 522 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Alexandria Dennise San JuanJoblessness among adult Filipinos dropped to 19.7 percent or an estimated 8.6 million adults on the second quarter of this year, the latest Social Weather Station survey showed. Based on the June 2018 survey, the proportion of those who resigned or those who left their jobs voluntarily fell by 3.1 points from 12.6% in March 2018 to 9.5% last June. While the proportion of first-time job seekers fell by 0.1 point from 3.5% to 3.4% in March and June 2018, respectively. The June 2018 survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews among 1,200 adults nationwide: 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 13, 2018 07:41 UTC