At least seven p.c of Filipino households have an abroad Filipino employee (OFW) who assist maintain the household, in response to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
The ballot performed from December 10 to 14, 2022 confirmed 75% of the households typically obtain cash from the OFW, whereas 17% mentioned they obtain “sometimes,” 5 p.c mentioned “seldom,” and three p.c mentioned “never.”
SWS mentioned 17% or almost two out of 10 grownup Filipinos aspire to dwell overseas, whereas seven p.c grownup Filipinos are presently searching for work abroad.
According to the survey, Canada topped with 16% as essentially the most cited nation “where one aspires to work,” it was adopted by Saudi Arabia (12%), Kuwait (9%), United Arab Emirates (9%), Japan (7%), Qatar (6%), and United States of America (6%).
The survey was performed utilizing a face-to-face methodology of 1,200 adults aged 18 and above nationwide, with a sampling error margin of +2.8%.
Based on the info of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) launched in December 2022, the variety of OFWs throughout April to September 2021 was estimated at 1.83 million.
“The number of OFWs increased by 3% or 53.57 thousand overseas workers from 2020 to 2021. In 2020, OFWs were registered at 1.77 million, of which 1.71 million were Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) and about 64 thousand were other Filipino workers abroad without valid working visa and work permits,” the PSA mentioned.
In 2021, extra ladies had been reported to be working abroad which accounted for 60.2% or 1.10 million, whereas 39.8% or 0.73 million had been male OFWs, it mentioned.
It added that the identical development was noticed in 2020 the place 59.6% OFWs had been ladies, whereas 40.4% had been males.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
