 QUICKSTAT on REGION VI - WESTERN VISAYAS July 2008 A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics | |||
| INDICATOR | REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA | ||
| PRICES | June 2008 | May 2008 | June 2007 |
| Consumer Price Index (2000=100) | 153.1 | 150.2 r | 137.7 |
| Inflation rate | 11.2 | 9.8 r | 2.3 |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.73 |
| DOMESTIC TRADE (quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000) |
3rd Qtr 2007 |
2nd Qtr 2007 |
3rd Qtr 2006 |
| Coastwise trade | |||
| Quantity | 338,641 | 201,900 | 483,380 |
| Value | 7,655,297 | 4,927,287 | 11,540,652 |
| Rail trade | |||
| Quantity | - | - | - |
| Value | - | - | - |
| Air trade | |||
| Quantity | 1,005 | 1,286 | 1,477 |
| Value | 21,353 | 25,946 | 31,665 |
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) 6/ | Apr 2008 | Jan 2008 | Apr 2007 |
| Labor force (in thousand) | - | 4,694 | 4,583 |
| Labor force participation rate | 63.6 | 63.5 | 64.2 |
| Employment rate | 91.4 | 93.5 | 92.1 |
| Unemployment rate | 8.6 | 6.5 | 7.9 |
| CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) |
3rd Qtr 2007 |
2nd Qtr 2007 |
3rd Qtr 2006 |
| Total (number) | 870 | 941 | 831 |
| Total floor area | 151,729 | 149,188 | 271,351 |
| Value | 1,150,933 | 1,107,634 | 3,139,847 |
| Residential (number) | 616 | 691 | 583 |
| Total floor area | 86,672 | 90,583 | 80,904 |
| Value | 601,650 | 655,898 | 561,038 |
| Nonresidential (number) | 145 | 141 | 144 |
| Total floor area | 62,860 | 54,847 | 187,265 |
| Value | 490,764 | 389,777 | 2,502,262 |
| Additions (number) | 19 | 23 | 28 |
| Total floor area | 2,197 | 3,758 | 3,102 |
| Value | 13,930 | 21,626 | 27,208 |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 90 | 86 | 76 |
| Value | 44,588 | 40,331 | 49,339 |
| BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: CPBI-1999/ASPBI-2001/2003) |
2003 | 2001 | 1999 |
| Number of establishments (CPBI and ASPBI with 20 or more workers) |
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| Agriculture and forestry/Agriculture, hunting and forestry | 185 | 181 | - |
| Fishery/Fishing | 29 | 35 | 35 |
| Mining and quarrying | 9 | - | 5 |
| Manufacturing | 130 | 152 | 185 |
| Electricity, gas, and water | 34 | 31 | 31 |
| Construction | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 195 | 209 | - |
| Hotels and restaurants | 72 | 72 | 104 |
| Transportation/Transport, storage and communications | 48 | 54 | 56 |
| Financial intermediation | 20 | 52 | 68 |
| Real estate/Real estate, renting and business activities | 63 | 66 | 71 |
| Education/Private education | 139 | 136 | 138 |
| Health/Health and social work | 16 | 16 | 22 |
| Other community, social and personal services | 47 | 55 | 60 |
| FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (Source: FIES) (in peso, at current prices) |
2003 p | 2000 | 1997 |
| Annual average family income | 112,689 | 109,600 | 86,770 |
| Annual average family expenditure | 98,388 | 94,704 | 78,612 |
| Annual average family saving | 14,301 | 14,896 | 8,158 |
| DEMOGRAPHY 2007 | 2000 | 1995 | 1990 |
| Total population 6,843,643 | 6,211,038 | 5,776,938 | 5,393,333 |
| Urban | 1,883,766 | - | 2,001,106 |
| Rural | 4,327,272 | - | 3,392,227 |
| Male | 50.4% | 50.4% | 50.3% |
| Female | 49.6% | 49.6% | 49.7% |
| 0-14 years | 36.5% | 38.7% | 39.9% |
| 15-64 years | 58.5% | 56.8% | 55.8% |
| 65 years and over | 5.0% | 4.5% | 4.3% |
| Density (persons per square kilometer) | 307.0 | 286.6 | 267.6 |
| Growth rate 1.35 | 1.56 | 1.30 | 1.77 |
| Average household size | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |
| Population projection (medium assumption) 1/ | 7,289,900 | 7,149,700 | 7,012,300 |
| VITAL STATISTICS | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
| Registered births 2/ | n.a. | 109,195 | 112,111 |
| Male | n.a. | 56,385 | 58,526 |
| Female | n.a. | 52,810 | 53,585 |
| Registered marriages 2/ | 39,171 | 37,089 | 43,122 |
| Registered deaths 2/ | n.a. | 38,580 | 38,474 |
| Male | n.a. | 22,840 | 22,723 |
| Female | n.a. | 15,740 | 15,751 |
| 2000-2005 | 2005-2010 | 2010-2015 | |
| Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 27.8 | 26.8 | 25.4 |
| Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 20.5 | 20.1 | 19.1 |
| Total fertility rate (number of children per woman) 1/ | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Life expectancy at birth (in years) 1/ | |||
| Male | 64.5 | 66.5 | 68.0 |
| Female | 71.5 | 73.0 | 74.2 |
| FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
| Modern method 3/ | 31.1 | 35.3 | 34.4 |
| Traditional method 3/ | 17.3 | 14.4 | 15.8 |
| EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS) | 2003 | 1994 | 1989 |
| Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 4/ | - | 91.9 | 87.7 |
| Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 5/ | 81.5 | 80.9 | 71.3 |
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1/ -Source: 2000 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections 2/ -Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration. 3/ -Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years. 4/ -Basic reading and writing skills. 5/ -Basic reading, writing, and computational skills. 6/ -Estimates are preliminary and may change. Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections. r -Revised p -Preliminary CPBI -Census of Philippine Business and Industry. ASPBI -Annual Survey of Philippine Business Industry. n.a. -not yet available. | |||
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August 27, 2008
