30 Per 100 Aklanon Female Are Gainful Workers

30 Per 100 Aklanon 

Female Are Gainful Workers

Three out of ten females in Aklan were gainful workers based on the results of the 2010 Census of Population and Housing.

Of the 183,935 total gainful workers 15 years old and over in Aklan, about 53,500 or 29.1 percent were females while 130,436 or 70.9 were males.

A person is considered gainful worker if she works for at least 10 hours a week for six months or longer either for pay, for profit or work without pay on own family farm or business. 

Of the 53,500 female gainful workers, 29.9 percent were laborers and unskilled workers such as domestic helpers, vendors or farm laborers, while 18.6 percent were service workers or shop/market sales workers such as waitress and saleslady. Furthermore, females who worked as professionals constitute 13.0 percent, while those who are officials of government, managers, and managing proprietors and supervisors make up 11.2 percent.

On the other hand, there is higher proportion of females in Aklan working in wholesale and retail trade with 29.0 percent. This is followed by those in other service activities such as beauty parlor, laundry and domestic services with 18.2 percent, education with 10.3 percent, public administration and defense with 8.8 percent, and manufacturing with 8.4 percent.

Meanwhile, out of 53,500 female gainful workers in Aklan, about 37.4 percent work for private business enterprise or farm, 20.4 percent were self-employed,  19.1 percent worked for government or Government Corporation, and 16.6 percent work for private household. Those who work without pay in own family farm or business and employer in own farm or business make up 3.9 and 2.3 percent, respectively.

Of the 262,775 female household population in Aklan, 20,945 or 8.0 percent are considered heads of the households, while 83,527 or 31.8 percent are regarded as spouse. /MP