In a survey conducted from May 4 to 10 among 4,010 respondents, SWS found that 5.4 percent of working-age Filipinos or those 15 years old and above were not staying at their permanent residence during the period of lockdown.
According to SWS, Balance Luzon recorded the highest number of stranded Filipinos, at about 1.8 million. It was followed by Mindanao, at 1.1 million, Visayas, at 710,000, and Metro Manila, at 490,000. The ECQ and GCQ area classification is based on Executive Order 112, which had the following areas under ECQ up to May 15, 2020: NCR, Region III , Region IV-A, Benguet Province, Pangasinan Province, Iloilo Province, Cebu Province, Bacolod City, and Davao City. All other areas were classified under GCQ, SWS said.
The proportion of those stranded by quarantines was higher at 6.2 percent or 2.3 million Filipino men than 4.7 percent or 1.8 million Filipino women, it furthered.