Overall, the proportion of the population aged 5 and over who attended or completed elementary education was still the highest of any educational level in Batanes. The same is true of all the municipalities except Basco which had a higher proportion of those who attended or completed post-secondary education.
Overseas Workers -
In 1995, 66.4 per cent of overseas workers from Batanes had attended or completed post-secondary education. Of these, academic degree holders and post-graduates accounted for 24 per cent.
Post-secondary education higher among males than females
The proportion of overseas workers who had attended or completed post-secondary education was higher among males than females -- 83.3 per cent for males compared with 59.5 per cent for females.
In contrast, among overseas workers who had reached or completed high school, the proportion was higher for females -- 27 per cent for females compared with 6.7 per cent for males.
Labour Force/Economic Activity
The quality of the labour force depends mainly on education and health . A great part of the productive resources of the economy consists in the education and training embodied in its labour force. Improved health raised productivity and prolongation of the working life during which the economy reaps the benefit of the worker's education.
Industry -
Farming was still the most common economic/labour force activity in Batanes.
Agriculture the largest industry
In 1995, 4,807 people or 58 per cent of the household population of Batanes were engaged in agriculture. The industry has the highest proportion of those reported to have worked at any time in the year prior to the Census.
The services industry next largest
The next largest proportion was the services industry with 33 per cent of those reported. Of these, government service has the highest representation with 24.2 per cent or almost one out of four people reported in all the industries.
Trade, construction and fishing accounted for 3.9 per cent, 2.1 per cent and 1.7 per cent, respectively.
Goods-producing twice as large as service-producing
Overall, 5,222 people or 63 per cent of the household population of Batanes were engaged in the goods-producing industries (i.e. agriculture, fishing, etc.). The remainder of 3,063 people or 37 per cent were in the service-producing industries (trade and services).
The number of men working at any time was 4,216 or 51 per cent and the number of women was 4,069 or 49 per cent.
Occupation -
Economic/labour force activity by class of workers or occupation reflects the same pattern as the industry. Thus, people who worked without pay in the farm was still the most common occupation in Batanes.
Unpaid workers the largest class
Unpaid workers or people who worked without pay in their own family-operated farm or business constituted 58.2 per cent of the household population of Batanes. It was the highest proportion of any class of workers or occupational category.
Government workers next largest class
People who worked for the government was the next largest class of workers with 24.5 per cent or almost one in every four of all workers (total employment), but they account for 73 per cent of all paid workers (paid employment) in Batanes.
Self-employment vs. paid employment
Overall, self-employed workers constituted 66 per cent and paid workers 34 per cent of all class of workers in 1995.
The prevalence of self-employment was greater among women than men -- 69 per cent for women compared with 64 per cent for men.
Top jobs for men and women
In 1995, the top occupation for both men and women was unpaid workers or those who worked without pay in their own family-operated farm or business. Women slightly outnumbered men in this category.
Government service was the second most common job for both men and women where men outnumbered women.
The third most common job was self-employed without paid help for men and private household (domestic services) for women.
These top three occupational categories accounted for 84.8 per cent and 92.3 per cent of all occupations held by men and women, respectively. - vbc |
