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Table 1.8: Percentage Disribution of Job Advertisements by Main Occupational Category and
Formal/Informal Classification in 1st half of 2020

Classification (%) Total
No. Main Occupational Category
Formal Informal % No.
1 Elementary Occupations 9.7 90.3 100.0 13,899
2 Service Workers & Shop & Market Sales Workers 15.4 84.6 100.0 10,671
3 Craft & Related Workers 11.6 88.4 100.0 10,444
4 Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers 13.3 86.7 100.0 6,592
5 Technicians & Associate professionals 31.3 68.7 100.0 5,880
6 Clerks 22.2 77.8 100.0 3,602

7 Professionals 34.5 65.5 100.0 2,376
8 Legislators, Senior Officials And Managers 50.4 49.6 100.0 1,101
9 Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers 11.9 88.1 100.0 177
10 Armed Forces 94.1 5.9 100.0 17
Total 16.7 83.3 100.0 54,759

Table 1.8 shows that, more than 80 percent of job advertisements for Elementary Occupation, Craft & Related
workers, Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers and Skilled Agricultural & Fishery workers and Service workers
& shop & market sales workers occupational categories have advertised under the informal classification in 1st
half of 2020.

Table 1.9: Percentage Distribution of Job Advertisements by Formal/Informal Classification
and Gender in 1st half of 2020

Gendar (%) Total
Classification
Male Female Not Specified % No.
Formal 16.7 6.6 76.8 100.0 9,136
Informal 21.7 17.3 60.9 100.0 45,623
Total 20.9 15.5 63.6 100.0 54,759

Graph 1.7: Percentage Distribution of Job Advertisements by Advertisement Classification
and Gender in 1st half of 2020

According to table 1.9, 21.7 percent of male preference advertisements and 17.3 percent of female preference
advertisements have been advertised under the informal classification while 16.7 percent of male preference
advertisements and 6.6 percent of female preference advertisements have been advertised under the formal
classification in the 1st half of 2020.