Some facts about women

Results culled from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, National Statistics Office 9 out of 10, literate Of household population with members 10 years and over, 92.28% were literate or able to read and write a simple message. Of these, 92.47% are females vs. 92.10% males. 3 children per married woman Of the total ever-married women (15-49 years old), the average number of children ever-born was 2.82. In 1990, the average was 3.27 children. Nearly one million work abroad The number of overseas workers increased to 992,397 in 2000 vs. 782,297 in 1995. There was an almost 50-50 distribution by sex, with 50.27% males and 49.73% females. Less number of females, unemployed… Of the 4 million unemployed persons, 61.9% were males while 38.1% were females. Of the employed persons, about 19.8 million (62.5%) were males and 11.9 million (37.5%) were females. ...because more males are employed In first quarter of 2005, 71% working-age female population is not in the labor force vs. 29% males. The unemployed persons in October 2005.... Of the 2.6 million unemployed persons, 61.6 % were males while 38.4% were females. Literacy Status 2003 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey, NSO Lower simple literacy gap by sex The overall increase in the 1994 literacy is reflected in both sexes but female literacy (94%) is slightly higher than for males (93.7%). By region, literate females were most dominant in Eastern Visayas (3.5 percentage point margin), Western Visayas (2.2 percentage points) and Northern Mindanao (1.7 percentage points). Females more functional literate The 1989 pattern continued and became more conclusive in 1994 as females dominated males by 4.2 percentage points - 85.9 % functional literate females vs. 81.7 males. This pattern was replicated in the country’s 13 regions, except in Cagayan Valley and in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Still in 2000… More Filipinas in reproductive age Of the 37.9 million women in the Philippines, 51% belonged to the reproductive age group of 15 to 49 years. About 16% of women 15 to 49 years old were from Region IV Of the 19 million women aged 15 to 49 years, 15.7% were from Region IV and 15.1% from the National Capital Region (NCR); Caraga and CAR had only 2.5% and 1.8%, respectively. In terms of the population of women in the different regions, NCR (58.1 percent) had the highest proportion of women of reproductive age, followed by Region III and ARMM with 52.3 percent and 52.0 percent, respectively. More than half were married Of the 19 million women aged 15 to 49 years, 37.5% were single, 52.7% married, 1.9% widowed, 1.4% divorced/separated, and 5.5% had other marital arrangements. 4 in 5 females Roman Catholics … While female followers of Islam, Iglesia ni Cristo, and Aglipay followed at 5.2%, 2.4%, and 1.8%, respectively. Most women headed a household with less than 5 members Of the total 19 million women 15 to 49 years old, only 4.3% or a total of 829 thousand women headed a household. Of the total number of households in the country, female-headed households accounted for 5.4%. 2 of 5 reached high school Nearly 40% of women 15 to 49 years old reached high school at most, higher than the 38.8% of males in the same age group. Literacy rate at 94.7% Women aged 15 to 49 years recorded a literacy rate of 94.7 percent, higher when compared to that of the males’ 94%. Region-wise, NCR recorded the highest literacy rate of 98.7%. Region I and Region III followed with 97.7% and 96.6%, respectively. On the other hand, Region IX (88.1%) and ARMM (70.8%) recorded the lowest literacy rate. Many economically active About 48% of women 15 to 49 years old were engaged in gainful activities and 52 percent in non-gainful activities. Among women in gainful activities, 26.2% were laborers and unskilled workers; 14.1% professionals; and 13.5% farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen. Among women in non-gainful activities, 67.7% were housekeepers and 32% students.