THE EFFECTS OF CORONA VIRUS IN THE LABOR MARKET ACTIVITY

IN MARCOS, ILOCOS NORTE.

(Academic Track- Humanities and Social Sciences Strand (2021). Marcos National High School.
-Main Campus. Lydia, Marcos, Ilocos Norte)
INTRODUCTION
A labor market in an economy functions with demand and supply of labor. In this market,
labor demand is the firm's demand for labor and supply is the worker's supply of labor. The
supply and demand of labor in the market is influenced by changes in the bargaining
power(Economic Times, 2021), this is why bob is very important to the lives of the people, with
this they can be able to provide the needs of their family but when the pandemic came it
affected the lives of the people in Marcos, Ilocos Norte especially their jobs.

This study aimed to determine The Effect of Corona Virus (COVID-19) on the labor
market activity in Marcos, Ilocos Norte and is sought to determine the (a) employment rate in
Marcos, Ilocos Norte; (b) the job and job status of the employed Marcoseños; (c) the top
causes of unemployment rate in Marcos.

The result of this study will provide a good basis of how many Marcosenos have lost
their jobs with this they can improvement government policies and adjustments to help those
who are highly affected by the pandemic in terms of employment.

This study used descriptive kind of quantitative research design. Researchers used this
type of research because through this the researchers can be able to explain well the residents
on Marcos, Ilocos Norte of those who are employed and unemployed. The 1,257 participants in
the study were the residents of Marcos, Ilocos Norte who are 18-25 years old. The researchers
chose the participants because researchers wanted to help them to address their current
problems through to the Local Government Unit of Marcos. The researchers gathered data
through survey questionnaires. The survey questionnaires contain three questions which are
open and close ended questions. This question formulated and aligned to the problem and
research questions of the study to gathered data at the same time it will answer the research
problem.
BODY
The collected data were examined to identify if the Corona Virus (COVID-19) made an
impact on the labor market activity in Marcos, Ilocos Norte.

Question Answers Frequency Percentage

EMPLOYED 445 34.57%
During the last
week were you? UNEMPLOYED 812 63.09%

Table 1. Percentage or total number of residents in Marcos, Ilocos Norte who are employed and
unemployed

Table 1 shows that 445 or 34.57%% of our respondents are employed and 739 with a
percentage of 63.09% were unemployed.
Question Answers Frequency Percentage

What are the job and Full Time 221 49.66%

job status of Part Time 97 21.79%
employed Casual 18
4.04%
Marcoseños for the
Seasonal 11
months of March and 2.47%

April 2021? Working for others 28

6.29%
Self employed 40
8.98%
Stay In 4
0.89%
Barangay Official 6
1.35%
Farming 10
2.25%
Table 2. Percentage or total number of the main job of the residents who are employed in
Marcos, Ilocos Norte.

Table 2 shows that 221 or 49.66% of those employed Marcosenos have a full time job;
97 or 21.79% are on part time job; 40 or 8.98% of our employed respondents are self-employed;
28 or 6.29% of them are working for others; 18 or 4.04% of them are on casual job: 10 or 2.25%
of our empoyed respondents are busy on farming; 6 or 1.35% of them are public servants; and
4 or 0.89% of them are working in stay-in jobs.
 Question Answers Frequency Percentage

Own illness or
6 0.73%
disability
Maternity/Paternity
8 0.98%
leave
Personal or family
210 25.86%
responsibilities
Returned or returning
234 28.88%
to school
What are the top Layoff, expecting to
17 2.09%
reasons why return to work
Waiting for a new job
Marcoseños are 86 10.59%
to start
unemployed for the
Had no transportation 11 1.35%
months of March and
No suitable work
April 2021? 86 10.59%
available
Corona Virus
83 10.22%
(COVID-19) Threat
Internship 1 0.12%
Self -decision 2 0.24%
Fresh Graduate 10 1.23%
Online Class 56 6.89%

Financially Stable 2 0.24%

Table 3. Percentage or total number of the reasons of residents in Marcos, Ilocos Norte on why
they are still unemployed.

Table 3 shows that 234 or 28.88% of those unemployed Marcosenos had returned or
returning to school; 210 or 25.86% of them do not have jobs because of personal and family
responsibilities; 86 0r 10.59% are still waiting for a new job to start same with the reason of
there is no suitable work available; 83 or 10.22% of them are not employed because of the
COVID-19 threat; 56 or 6.89% of them cannot have work because they are busy with their
online class; 17 or 2.09% of our unemployed respondents are on layoff or expecting to return to
work; 11 or 1.35% of them have no transportation; 10 of them or 1.33 had just graduated; 8 05
0.98% of them are on maternity leave; 6 of them or 0.72% cannot work because of their own
illness or disability; 2 or 0.34% of them are not working because they are financially stable and it
is their self-decision and 1 or 0.12% of our unemployed respondents cannot work because they
are on Internship Program.

CONCLUSION

Based on the findings of this study, the following conclusions are drawn:
1. There were 445 or 34.57% of the respondents who are employed for the months of
March and April 2021; 812 or 63.09% of the respondents who are unemployed for the
months of March and April 2021.
2. There were 221 or 49.66% of the employed respondents who have a full time job status
for the months of March and April 2021; 97 or 21.79% of the employed respondents who
have a part time job for the months of March and April 2021; 18 or 4.04% of the
employed respondents who have a casual job status for the months of March and April
2021; 11 or 2.47% of the employed respondents who have a seasonal job status for the
months of March and April 2021; 28 or 6.29% of the employed respondents who are
working for others of the months of March and April 2021; 40 or 8.98% of the employed
respondents who are self- employed for the months of March and April 2021; 4 or 0.89%
of the employed respondents who have a stay in job status for the months of March and
April 2021; 6 or 1.35% of the employed respondents are a barangay official for the
months of March and April 2021; 10 or 2.25 % of the employed respondents are into
farming for the months of March and April 2021;
3. There were 234 or 28.88% of the respondents are unemployed is because they are
returning to school for the months of March and April 2021; 210 or 25.86% of the
respondents are unemployed is because of their personal or family responsibilities for
the months of March and April 2021; 86 or 10.59% of the respondents are unemployed
is because they are waiting for a new job to start for the months of March and April 2021;
86 or 10.59% of the respondents are unemployed is because of there is no suitable work
available for the months of March and April 2021; 83 or 10.22% of the respondents are
unemployed is because of the threat of Corona Virus (COVID-19) for the months of
March and April 2021.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region I
Schools Division of Ilocos Norte
MARCOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
School ID: 300020

March 23, 2021

Dear Respondents:

Greetings!

The undersigned is the project leader of the student-researchers of Grade 12 Venus (Academic
– Humanities and Social Sciences) and are presently conducting a research titled, “THE
IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) ON THE LABOR MARKET ACTIVITY IN MARCOS,
ILOCOS NORTE”. This study is conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Inquiries,
Investigations and Immersion. This quantitative research study focuses on the number of
Marcoseňos who are employed and unemployed for the months of March and April, 2021 and
the reasons why do they belong in the aforementioned status.

Anent to this, we are asking for your precious time, and effort to answer all the questions in the
survey questionnaire which will help for the completion of this study.

Rest assured that all data that will be gathered will be treated with utmost confidentiality and will
be used for academic purposes only.

Your positive response in this request will contribute for the success of the study and will highly
be appreciated.

Respectfully yours,

JOHN LORD G. TUTOP

Research Project Leader

Noted:

KAYE ANNE D. SALITAMOS

Research Project Adviser/Teacher

Approved:

PACIANO E. CID
School Principal I

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
Schools Division of Ilocos Norte
MARCOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
School ID: 300020

Survey Questionnaire on the Labor Market Activity in Marcos, Ilocos Norte

 We are enrolled students of Marcos National High School-Main Campus, Grade-
12 taking up Humanities and Social Sciences under the Academic Track of the Senior
High School.

Thank you for assisting us in realizing our main requirement by answering each
question with all honesty and rest assured all your shared responses will be kept with
utmost confidentiality.

Thank you and may our God bless us all!

-The Researchers

Name (Optional): _______________________________________________ Age:

______________

Barangay: __________________________________

Terms and Definitions:

Employed: People, 18-25 years old, who are working for pay.
Employed persons are those who, during the reference week:
(a) did any work at all;
(b) had a job but were not at work due to:
- own illness or disability
- personal or family responsibilities
- bad weather
- labor dispute
- vacation
- other reason not specified above (excluding persons on layoff and persons
whose job attachment was to a job starting at a definite date in the future).

Unemployed: People, 18-25 years old who are currently not working for pay, yet have been
actively looking for paid work in the past 4 weeks.
Unemployed persons are those who, during the reference week:
(a) were without work, had actively looked for work in the past four weeks (ending
with reference week), and were available for work;
(b) had not actively looked for work in the past four weeks but had been on layoff
and were available for work;
(c) had not actively looked for work in the past four weeks but had a new job to start
in four weeks or less from the reference week, and were available for work.
Please put a check mark ( ̷ ) on the blank provided and SKIP any question that do not apply
to you -- (for example, a question only apply to employed people, and another only to people
who are unemployed.)

1. During the last week, were you:

____ employed (Go to Question 2)

____ unemployed (Go to Question 3)

2. If you were employed last week, what was your main job? (check all that apply)
____ Full-time (8 hours/day)
____ Part-time (less than 8 hours/day)
____ Casual, on-call or short-term contract
____ Seasonal
____ Working for others
____ Self-employed
____ Other (please specify) _____________________________

3. If you were unemployed last week, were you unemployed because of: (check only
one answer)

____ own illness or disability

____ maternity/paternity leave
____ personal or family responsibilities
____ returned/returning to school
____ layoff, expecting to return to work
____ waiting for new job to start
____ had no transportation
____ no suitable work available
____ Coronavirus (COVID-19) threat
____ Other (please specify) _____________________________