SWS: 7% of adult Filipinos eye overseas jobs; Canada is most preferred destination

Rowegie Abanto, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Overseas Filipino Workers are assisted by members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and the Philippine Coast Guard at the arrival lobby of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Pasay City on June 3, 2021. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/06/18/20210603-covid-ofw-arrival-naia-1-gc-0153.jpg"/><figcaption>Overseas Filipino Workers are assisted by members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and the Philippine Coast Guard at the arrival lobby of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Pasay City on June 3, 2021. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Seven percent of Filipino adults late last year said they were looking for jobs abroad, with Canada topping the list of countries where they wanted to work, according to a Social Weather Stations <a href="https://www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artcldisppage/?artcsyscode=ART-20230419092946" target="_blank">survey</a> released Wednesday.</p><p>The SWS said Canada was &quot;the most cited country where one aspires to work.&quot;</p><p>Other top destinations for those eyeing overseas work include Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Qatar, and the US, the pollster said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/22/23/canada-to-reduce-work-experience-requirement-for-caregivers">Canada to cut work experience requirement for caregivers by half</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/09/23/canada-opens-visa-processing-facility-in-makati">Canada opens visa processing facility in Makati</a></li></ul><p>In February, the Philippines&#x27; unemployment rate was steady while underemployment eased, the Philippine Statistics Authority <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/11/23/underemployment-rate-eases-jobless-rate-steady-in-february" target="_blank">announced</a> earlier this month.</p><p>The agency said the jobless rate for February 2023 was 4.8 percent, which meant that there were 2.47 million Filipino workers who were unemployed.</p><p>The SWS survey also revealed that nearly 2 out of 10 adult Filipinos, or 17 percent, wanted to live abroad.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/14/23/immigration-fuels-canadas-record-population-growth-in-2022">Immigration fuels Canada&#x27;s record population growth in 2022</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/multimedia/slideshow/03/08/23/family-or-country-the-hard-choice-filipino-nurses-make">Family or country? The hard choice Filipino nurses must make</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2591079" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>SWS: HOUSEHOLDS WITH OFW AT 7%</strong></div><p>The Dec. 10-14, 2022 national survey of 1,200 adults showed that 7 percent of Filipino households had an overseas Filipino worker (OFW).</p><p>Around 75 percent of households with an OFW receive money &quot;often.&quot;</p><p>Moreover, 17 percent said their household OFWs send or give money &quot;sometimes,&quot; 5 percent shared &quot;seldom,&quot; and 3 percent said &quot;never.&quot;</p><p>Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos coursed through banks reached $32.54 billion in 2022, higher by 3.6 percent from $31.42 billion in 2021, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas showed.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/15/23/cash-remittances-hit-3254-billion-in-2022-bsp">Cash remittances at $32.54 billion, personal remittances hit record $36.14B in 2022</a></li></ul><p>Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople in November last year said there were around 10.5 million Filipinos working abroad.</p><p>Citing estimates nearly a decade ago from the Commission on Overseas Filipino, Rene Ofreneo, former dean of the UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations, said some 5 million are permanent immigrants, more than 3 million are temporary, and around 2 million are undocumented.</p><p>The SWS poll has a sampling error margin of ±2.8 percent.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S9y30dPoii8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Seven percent of Filipino adults in Dec. 2022 said they were looking for jobs abroad, with Canada as most preferred destination.

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SWS: 7% of adult Filipinos eye overseas jobs; Canada is most preferred destination

SWS: 7% of adult Filipinos eye overseas jobs; Canada is most preferred destination

Rowegie Abanto,

ABS-CBN News

Published Apr 22, 2023 11:58 AM PHT

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Updated Apr 22, 2023 12:12 PM PHT

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Social Weather Stations

OFW

overseas Filipino workers

Canada

Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Japan

Qatar

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