MANILA - Almost half of all Filipino adults, or around 27.3 million individuals, are jobless according to the Social Weather Stations’ national mobile phone survey conducted last July.
SWS said its survey, conducted from July 3 to 6, found adult joblessness at a record-high 45.5 percent of the adult labor force.
“This is a 28-point increase from 17.5 percent in December 2019, and a new record-high since the 34.4 percent in March 2012,” SWS said. In December 2019, SWS reported that 7.9 million Filipinos had no jobs. This means that since then, 19.4 million Filipinos have become unemployed. The survey also found that 21 percent of adult Filipinos lost their job or livelihood during the COVID-19 crisis. Another 21 percent lost their livelihood before the pandemic.
Almost 4 out of 5 Filipinos, or 79 percent, also said their quality-of-life got worse. This was in contrast to 12 percent who said their quality of life was unchanged, and only 8 percent who said life got better compared to a year ago.
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