 QUICKSTAT on REGION VIII - EASTERN 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) | 156.1 | 151.3 | 136.5 |
| Inflation rate | 14.4 | 11.3 | 2.9 |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.73 |
| DOMESTIC TRADE (quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000) |
3rd Qtr 2007 |
2nd Qtr 2007 |
3rd Qtr 2006 |
| Coastwise trade | |||
| Quantity | 105,287 | 66,525 | 109,578 |
| Value | 7,092,300 | 4,632,456 | 6,522,298 |
| Rail trade | |||
| Quantity | - | - | - |
| Value | - | - | - |
| Air trade | |||
| Quantity | 103 | 23 | 212 |
| Value | 4,139 | 771 | 6,190 |
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) 6/ | Apr 2008 | Jan 2008 | Apr 2007 |
| Labor force (in thousand) | - | 2,564 | 2,536 |
| Labor force participation rate | 65.0 | 64.4 | 66.8 |
| Employment rate | 95.1 | 94.9 | 94.7 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) |
3rd Qtr 2007 |
2nd Qtr 2007 |
3rd Qtr 2006 |
| Total (number) | 492 | 473 | 531 |
| Total floor area | 55,954 | 48,435 | 60,188 |
| Value | 289,224 | 251,984 | 346,738 |
| Residential (number) | 354 | 346 | 362 |
| Total floor area | 36,549 | 30,655 | 36,059 |
| Value | 187,063 | 167,874 | 213,486 |
| Nonresidential (number) | 82 | 76 | 66 |
| Total floor area | 18,417 | 15,144 | 21,540 |
| Value | 90,814 | 73,597 | 114,318 |
| Additions (number) | 22 | 42 | 25 |
| Total floor area | 988 | 2,636 | 2,589 |
| Value | 6,863 | 10,058 | 10,503 |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 34 | 9 | 78 |
| Value | 4,482 | 452 | 8,431 |
| 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 | 13 | 13 | - |
| Fishery/Fishing | - | - | - |
| Mining and quarrying | - | - | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| Electricity, gas, and water | 26 | 24 | 26 |
| Construction | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 72 | 85 | - |
| Hotels and restaurants | 17 | 17 | 22 |
| Transportation/Transport, storage and communications | 24 | 29 | 33 |
| Financial intermediation | 5 | 28 | 58 |
| Real estate/Real estate, renting and business activities | 11 | 15 | 20 |
| Education/Private education | 49 | 52 | 54 |
| Health/Health and social work | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Other community, social and personal services | 5 | 12 | 11 |
| FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (Source: FIES) (in peso, at current prices) |
2003 p | 2000 | 1997 |
| Annual average family income | 102,319 | 91,520 | 67,772 |
| Annual average family expenditure | 84,167 | 72,090 | 53,039 |
| Annual average family saving | 18,152 | 19,430 | 14,733 |
| DEMOGRAPHY 2007 | 2000 | 1995 | 1990 |
| Total population 3,912,936 | 3,610,355 | 3,366,917 | 3,054,490 |
| Urban | 702,590 | - | 858,935 |
| Rural | 2,907,765 | - | 2,195,555 |
| Male | 51.1% | 51.0% | 51.1% |
| Female | 48.9% | 49.0% | 48.9% |
| 0-14 years | 40.6% | 41.7% | 42.3% |
| 15-64 years | 54.5% | 53.8% | 53.5% |
| 65 years and over | 4.9% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Density (persons per square kilometer) | 173.0 | 153.1 | 138.9 |
| Growth rate 1.12 | 1.51 | 1.84 | 0.88 |
| Average household size | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |
| Population projection (medium assumption) 1/ | 4,273,000 | 4,187,000 | 4,103,200 |
| VITAL STATISTICS | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
| Registered births 2/ | n.a. | 59,801 | 57,213 |
| Male | n.a. | 30,969 | 29,500 |
| Female | n.a. | 28,832 | 27,713 |
| Registered marriages 2/ | 16,333 | 24,823 | 22,178 |
| Registered deaths 2/ | n.a. | 18,620 | 18,341 |
| Male | n.a. | 10,892 | 10,864 |
| Female | n.a. | 7,728 | 7,477 |
| 2000-2005 | 2005-2010 | 2010-2015 | |
| Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 28.8 | 28.4 | 28.1 |
| Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 8.3 | 7.5 | 6.9 |
| Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 20.5 | 21.0 | 21.2 |
| Total fertility rate (number of children per woman) 1/ | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Life expectancy at birth (in years) 1/ | |||
| Male | 62.8 | 64.8 | 66.8 |
| Female | 68.2 | 70.2 | 71.7 |
| FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
| Modern method 3/ | 31.1 | 29.9 | 31.7 |
| Traditional method 3/ | 18.7 | 19.6 | 14.6 |
| EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS) | 2003 | 1994 | 1989 |
| Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 4/ | - | 90.9 | 81.7 |
| Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 5/ | 76.7 | 79.7 | 65.5 |
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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
