This figure came as a result of Social Weather Station (SWS) survey but if Malacanang will be asked about the said percentage, it is just a perception than reality.

According to SWS, about 14 million Filipinos are jobless in February as compared to 27% or 11 million last December 2008. The SWS survey also showed that of the unemployed, 13% voluntarily left their jobs while 12% were retrenched. Of those retrenched, 9% were laid off and 3% had contracts that were not renewed because their employers ceased operations.

But Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said that the SWS survey is not as accurate as the LFS or Labor Force Survey of the labor department which according to him uses internationally-accepted standards. He added that LFS has a very much wider reach than the SWS which only had 1,200 respondents.

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