Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

June 8, 2023 Dear Vhea Libunao, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 25, 2023 01:58:38 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for SDG Target 8.5 in Sto Tomas Batangas. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, you may check our available data as follows: a) Labor Force Survey https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/labor-force-survey https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/labor-force-survey/table Integrated Survey of Households (ISH) Bulletin: https://psa.gov.ph/content/integrated-survey-households-ish-bulletin Our latest data is for the month of March 2023: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/labor-force-survey/title/Employment%20Rate%20in%20March%202023%20is%20Estimated%20at%2095.3%20Percent For our annual data, you may refer to 2021 Annual Labor Market Statistics (Preliminary Results): https://psa.gov.ph/content/2021-annual-labor-market-statistics-preliminary-results b) 2021 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 11: LABOR and EMPLOYMENT: https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook Table 11.3 Labor Force Participation Rate and Employment Status: 2003 to 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T11_3.xlsx Table 11.4a Labor Force Participation Rate by Age Group, Highest Grade Completed and Region, Philippines: 2016 to 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T11_4a%20_0.xlsx Table 11.5 Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group and Sex: January 2018 to 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T11_5.xlsx Table 11.6 Employed Persons by Major Industry Group and Sex: January 2018 to October 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T11_6.xlsx Table 11.17 Unemployed Persons by Sex, Age Group and Highest Grade Completed: 2015 to 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T11_17.xlsx c) OpenSTAT portal Labor Force Participation Rate, Employment Rate, Unemployment Rate and Underemployment Rate, Philippines: January 2005 to October 2021: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1B__LFS/0011B3ALFS0.px/?rxid=7d28d198-178d-4c94-86f8-fd21f3ef01d2 We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service