ANTIPOLO CITY NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL

Sitio Cabading, Brgy. San Jose, Antipolo City

Technical Writing 1
Fourth Quarter

ACTIVITY 4.4.2

A. Directions: Analyze the given data below and interpret it by mapping it through bar
graph from highest to lowest. (Source:  https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-
phones-are-in-the-world)

Cell Phone Usage Worldwide (2021)

Country Total Population Smartphones Users

Russian Federation 144M 95.4M
India 1.37B 346M
United States 329M 260M
China 1.42B 851M
Brazil 212M 96.9M
Indonesia 270M 83.9M

1. Based on the chart, name what is the most populated country this year? China
2. What country has the greatest number of smartphone users? China
3. Map a bar graph that shows the number of smartphone users per country arrange in
highest to lowest.

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 Smartphone Users
Smartphone Users
900,000,000

800,000,000

700,000,000

600,000,000

500,000,000

400,000,000

300,000,000

200,000,000

100,000,000

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China India United States Brazil RussianFederation Indonesia
4.

B. Directions: Read the short news article about “Unemployment Rate in the PH” and
answer the given guide questions.

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 17) - An estimated 12.2 million adult Filipinos were jobless
in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, as
the country continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is a slight decline from the 12.7 million unemployed Filipinos recorded in  last quarter of 2020.
"The survey conducted from April 28 to May 2, 2021 found joblessness at 25.8% of the adult labor
force. This is 1.5 points lower than the 27.3% in November 2020, but still 8.3 points higher than
the pre-pandemic level of 17.5% in December 2019," the SWS said.

The SWS added that the jobless adults are those who voluntarily left their old jobs, those looking
for work for the first time, and those who lost their jobs "due to economic circumstances beyond
their control."

The poll also showed joblessness dropped in Balance Luzon from 32.6% in November 2020 to
24.2% in May 2021, and in Metro Manila from 37.8% to 30.8%.

However, joblessness rose in the Visayas from 19.1% to 28.7%, and in Mindanao from 17.0% to
23.0%.

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"The 1.5-point decline in the national joblessness rate was due to decreases of 9 points in Balance
Luzon and 7 points in Metro Manila, offset by increases of 10 points in the Visayas and 6 points in
Mindanao," the SWS noted.

The SWS also said joblessness among women fell from 34.1% last year to 29.0% this year. There
was no significant increase in unemployment among men, from 22.2% to 23.6%.

"The resulting women-men joblessness gap of 5 points is the lowest since March 2004, when the
women-men joblessness gap was just 3 points."

July 2020 saw a record-high joblessness rate of  45.5%, or equivalent to around 27.3 million
adults.

The latest SWS survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults
nationwide. The sampling error margins are ±3% for national percentages and ±6% for Balance
Luzon, Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
CNN Philippines, 2021

Guide Questions:

1. What is the subject discussed in the paragraph? The subject is the jobless people
because of the pandemic
2. According to the article, what are the possible reasons why Philippines has a rising
joblessness rate? They lost their job due to economic circumstances beyond their
control.
3. Map a bar graph that shows the unemployed rate of the Philippines (as whole) in
December 2019 (pre pandemic) vs May 2021 based on SWS survey.
Column1
30.00%

25.00%

20.00%

15.00%

10.00%

5.00%

0.00%
December May

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4. Map a line graph that shows Balance Luzon’s joblessness rate from November 2020 to
May 2021.

Series 1
Series 1
35.00%

30.00%

25.00%

20.00%

15.00%

10.00%

5.00%

0.00%
November May

5. Map a pie graph that shows the Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao’s joblessness
rate based on the survey last May 2021.

Joblessness Rate May 2021

Mindanao Balance Luzon

30% 32%

Visayas
38%

Balance Luzon Visayas Mindanao

6. What can you infer from the given joblessness rate data regarding the Economic and
Employment status of the Philippines currently?
The government should prioritize giving jobs to those who needs it because it wil
our economy to rise up again

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