Philippines: effect of ECQ on jobs due to COVID-19 by income 2020

According to a survey conducted in the Philippines, about 78.1 percent of households with a member earning below Php 9.5 thousand Philippine pesos, lost a job from the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) that was implemented in the country on March 16, 2020, because of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, about 66.7 percent of households with a member earning Php 190.4 thousand Philippine pesos had not lost a job during the ECQ.

Distribution of household with a member losing their job through enhanced community quarantine due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Philippines as of April 2020, by income

Characteristic	Yes	No
Under Php 9.52K	78.12%	21.88%
Php 9.52K to Php19.04K	72.47%	27.53%
Php19.04K to Php 38.08K	64.73%	35.27%
Php 38.08K to Php 66.64K	55%	45%
Php 66.64K to Php 114.24K	54.34%	47.66%
Php 114.24K to Php 190.40K	52.63%	47.37%
Php 190.40K	33.33%	66.67%
Don't know	83%	16.67%
Refused to answer	33.33%	66.67%

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Release date

April 2020

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Region

Philippines

Survey time period

April 13 to18, 2020

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18-70 years old

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was implemented on March 16, 2020, restricting the movement of the population but with exceptions, in response to the growing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country. Additional lockdown restrictions mandated the temporary closure of non-essential shops and businesses. This quarantine came two days after the implementation of the community quarantine of Metro Manila.

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