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Philippine Statistics Authority REGIONAL STATISTICAL SERVICES OFFICE-DAVAO REGION

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Date of Release: November 2020 Reference No. SR-20RSSO11-05

HOUSEHOLDS WITH OVERSEAS FILIPINOS, OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, AND EMIGRANTS The 2018 National Migration Survey (NMS) shows that 7.3 percent of total households in Davao Region have an Overseas Filipino (OF) family member, while 11.0 percent have an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). On the other hand, only 0.3 percent of the households in Davao Region had a family member which is an emigrant. Figure 1. Percentage Distribution of Households with Overseas Filipinos, Overseas

Filipino Workers, and Emigrants

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

1.6

2.0

2.2

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

1.0

0.9

0.3

0.9

3.5

0.8

1.5

2.4

2.9

1.2

23.8

5.4

9.4

11.0

10.5

9.9

8.3

10.2

14.2

8.5

6.6

13.3

7.2

21.9

18.0

16.0

17.3

6.9

5.9

12.4

7.3

6.5

7.1

6.3

6.0

13.2

4.6

5.9

7.6

8.8

16.1

11.8

11.0

9.2

0 5 10 15 20 25

ARMM

Region XIII

Region XII

Region XI

Region X

Region IX

Region VIII

Region VII

Region VI

Region V

MIMAROPA

Region IVA

Region III

Region II

Region I

CAR

NCR

With OF With OFW (current OR before) With emigrants in the last 5 years

2018 NATIONAL MIGRATION SURVEY

Overseas Filipino (OF). A Filipino who is outside of the Philippines at the time of interviewer’s visit. In the survey, this is measured based on the question “Is (NAME OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBER) currently outside the Philippines? Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). A Filipino who is engaged in or has been engaged (in the past 12 months) in a remunerated activity in a state of which he/she is not a legal resident, or on board a vessel navigating the foreign seas other than a government ship used for military or noncommercial purposes or on an installation located offshore or the high seas. Former household members now living abroad (Emigrants). All household respondents were asked if there were members who used to live in the household in the past 5 years but are now living permanently abroad.





MIGRATION IN DAVAO REGION

The results also suggest that 40.0 percent of Filipinos are lifetime migrants, which means

that 40.0 percent of Filipinos whose current area of residence are different from its area of

birth. These lifetime migrants in the Philippines are dominantly comprised of females

(54.43 percent) than males (45.57 percent). Meanwhile, 52.70 percent of Davaoeños are

Inter-regional lifetime migrants which consist of 58.62 In-migrants and 41.38 Out-migrants.

This means that 58.62 percent of Davaoeños are moving to another part of the region while

41.38 percent are moving out of the region.

Figure 2. Percentage Distribution of Intra-regional and Inter-regional lifetime migrants,Davao Region


The survey reveals that the National Capital Region (NCR), CALABARZON, Central Luzon,

Bicol Region, and Central Visayas were the top five leading destination of out-migrants,

while the top five leading destination for in-migrants are National Capital Region (NCR),

CALABARZON, Eastern Visayas, Bicol Region, and Davao Region. In Davao region, 6.7

percent of the respondents are internal migrant which means that 6.7 of the respondents

from Davao region are moving to another region, province, city/municipality (see Figure 4),

while 4.7 percent are international migrants which means that 4.7 percent of the respondents

are moving from one state or territory to another (see Figure 5).

Intra-regional lifetime migrant

47.30%

In-migrants 58.62%

Out-migrants 41.38%

Inter-regional lifetime migrants

52.70%





Figure 3. Percentage Distribution of Internal Figure 4. Percentage Distribution of International

Migrants Migrants

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Figure 5 shows that 5.3 percent of the respondents in Davao Region had their first

international move in the past five years, while 24.0 percent of the respondents had their last

international move in the past five years.

Figure 5. Percent Distribution of International Migrants, By First Ever International Move And

Last International Move in the Past Five Years, Davao Region


8.5 9.2 10.8 11.2

3.4

7.5

4 3.6

6 5.3 4

5.8 4.6 5.3

6.3

2.7

11.5

14

18.6

13.4

17.7 16.2

20.1

24.3 24.2 22.6

16

19.9

15.7

33

24

27.8 26.1

11.6

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

NCR CAR RegionI

RegionII

RegionIII

RegionIV-A

RegionIV-B

RegionV

RegionVI

RegionVII

RegionVIII

RegionIX

RegionX

RegionXI

RegionXII

RegionXIII

ARMM

First international move Last international move (in the past 5 years)





MIGRATION NETWORK

Presented in Figure 6 is the percentage distribution of international migrant’s networks in

their destination country. The figure shows that among the migrants from Davao Region,

27.9 percent responded that they have a relative as their main network in the destination

country. It was revealed that 9.8 percent have friends in their destination country, while only

3.2 percent answered that they have relatives and friends. On the contrary, more than half

(59.1%) of migrants from Davao region do not have relatives or friends in their place of

destination.

Figure 6. Percentage Distribution of International migrant’s network in destination

country, Davao Region


RETURN MIGRATION

Figure 7 shows that 44.0 percent of international migrants from the Davao Region

experienced difficulties on their return. Nearly 64.8 percent of returning migrants responded

that they had difficulty finding any job, 21.6 percent had difficulty establishing a business, 3.6

percent experienced difficulty finding employment that are in line with skills and social

reintegration. Meanwhile, 1.4 percent encountered mismatch with skills acquired abroad with

available jobs in the Philippines, while 1.0 percent had Security Issues.

Relatives Only

27.90%

Friends only 9.80%

Relatives and Friends

3.20%

None 59.10%





Figure 7. Percent Distribution of International Migrants Who Experienced Any Difficulty Upon

Return By Type of Difficulty Experienced, Davao Region


MIGRATION INTENTIONS

The results of 2018 NMS show that 16.0 percent of Davaoeños intend to migrate or move to another country in the next five years, while majority of Davaoeños don’t have any plans to move to another country in the next five years (shown in figure 8). Moreover, 67.23 percent who intend to migrate in the next five years are female and only 32.77 percent are male. Figure 8. Percent Distribution of International Migrants Who Intend To Move within the Next Five Years, Davao Region


Yes 44.0%

No 56.0%

With Plans

16.00%

Without Plans

84.00%

1

1.4

3.6

3.6

21.6

37.1

64.8

0 20 40 60 80

Security Issues

Mismatched Skills acquiredabroad with available jobs…

Re-integration into Society

Finding job corresponding toskills

Establishing a business

Others

Finding any job

32.77%

67.23%

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