There were about one million persons with disability (PWDs) or 1.23 percent of the total 88 million population in 2007 (NSO, 2007). Of these, 50.24 percent were females. It was also estimated that 30 to 40 percent of PWDs were children. PWDs remain among the poorest of the poor. They have insufficient access to the mainstream labor market because they are disproportionately undereducated, untrained, and socially excluded.
Table 8.7. Summary of Actual OFW Membership
Institution | Number of OFW |
184,000 (2009) | |
2.2 million (November 2010) | |
2.1 million (2009) | |