This study presents employment discrimination on the ground of religion.  The study attempts to find out if employment discrimination based on religion exists in two labor markets in the Philippines – NCR and ARMM-Basilan. This study is based on the data of the 1990 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) conducted by National Statistics Office (NSO).  The units of analysis are employed Christians and Muslims aged 15 years old and over residing in NCR and ARMM-Basilan.   The study describes the socio-demographic characteristics of employed Christians and Muslims and imputes, through statistical test, if discrimination on the ground of religion exists in the two labor markets.

Initial Findings

1. Employed Muslims are younger than employed Christians in both labor markets.
   
   

2. In NCR, there are relatively more employed male Muslims than employed male Christians, while the opposite is true in the ARMM-Basilan area.
   
   

3. In the ARMM-Basilan area, employed Christians reside in the urban areas, while employed Muslims reside in rural areas.
   
   

4. There are relatively more employed married Muslims than the corresponding Christian group in both labor markets.
   
   

5. In NCR, a greater proportion of employed Muslims have reached college compared to their Christian counterpart.
   
   

6. In the ARMM-Basilan area, a greater proportion of employed Christians have reached college compared to their Muslim counterpart.
   
   

7. In NCR, the largest group of employed Christians are in the crafts and related workers category, while the large group of employed Muslims are distributed in the crafts and plant workers group, and in the government and professional workers group.
   
   

8. In the ARMM-Basilan area, the largest group of employed Christians is also in the crafts and related workers group, while among the employed Muslims, the largest group are in the farmers, forestry or agricultural workers.
   
   

9. In NCR, employed Christians are in the industrial sector more than the employed Muslims.  On the other hand, in the ARMM-Basilan area, employed Muslims are in the agriculture, fishery and forestry group, while employed Christians are in the services sector group.
   
   

10. There is statistical evidence that there is a differential employment preference based on educational attainment between Christians and Muslims in both labor markets.
    
    

11. There is statistical evidence that there is differential employment preference based on occupation between Christians and Muslims in both labor markets.
    
    

12. There is statistical evidence that there is differential employment preference based on industry between Christians and Muslims in both labor markets.