Quickstat Index

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NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
January 2004

A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics


INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICES Dec 2003 Nov 2003 Dec 2002
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) 178.4 177.5 171.2
    Inflation rate 4.2 5.1 2.9
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.56 0.56 0.58
  Sep 2003 Aug 2003 Sep 2002
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials      
      in Metro Manila (1978=100) 864.4 861.9 829.4
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials      
       in Metro Manila (1985=100) 271.0 269.9 251.7r
  Aug 2003 Jul 2003 Aug 2002
  General Wholesale Price Index in Metro Manila (1985=100) 289.2 287.6 281.4
DOMESTIC TRADE (quantity in tons; value in P1,000) 2nd Qtr. 2003 1st Qtr. 2003 2nd Qtr. 2002
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 675,108 399,020 396,595
    Value 22,466,899 12,900,631 13,072,665
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 217 220 251
    Value 8,421 8,475 9,399
  Air trade      
    Quantity 2,609 3,258 2,282
    Value 190,780 167,578 460,160
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) Jul 2003 Apr 2002 Jul 2002
  Labor force (in thousand) 7,492 7,462 7,295
    Labor force participation rate 66.9 63.8 64.2
      Employment rate 82.8 83.0 82.6
      Unemployment rate 17.2 17.0 17.4
      Visible Underemployment rate - 4.2 -
CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
2nd Qtr 2003 1st Qtr 2003 2nd Qtr 2002
  Total (number) 4,050 3,664 3,280
    Total floor area 926,383 1,175,282 1,222,148
    Value 8,038,186 8,677,444 10,038,187
  Residential (number) 2,231 2,038 1,738
    Total floor area 467,270 637,356 636,002
    Value 3,782,837 4,556,814 3,733,770
  Nonresidential (number) 450 469 445
    Total floor area 402,176 490,219 538,392
    Value 3,197,448 3,005,209 4,798,714
  Additions (number) 410 284 302
    Total floor area 56,937 47,707 47,754
    Value 342,461 289,837 334,223
  Alterations/repairs (number) 959 873 795
    Value 715,440 825,584 1,171,480
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Source: LE) 2000 1999  
  Number of establishments (With 10 or more workers)      
    Agriculture and Forestry 18 18  
    Fishery 2 20  
    Mining and quarrying 20 20  
    Manufacturing 6,827 6,326  
    Electricity, gas, and water 25 24  
    Construction 815 825  
    Wholesale and retail trade 7,014 6,074  
    Hotels and restaurants 3,252 3,072  
    Transportation 1,564 1,455  
    Financial intermediation establishments 2,305 2,241  
    Real estate and other business activities 2,794 2,622  
    Education 827 774  
    Health 365 351  
    Other community, social and personal services 694 653  
FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (Source: FIES)
(in peso, at current prices)
2000 1997 1994
  Annual average family income 300,304 270,993 173,599
  Annual average family expenditure 244,240 217,840 138,427
  Annual average family saving 56,064 53,153 35,172
DEMOGRAPHY 2000 1995 1990
  Total population 9,932,560 9,454,040 7,948,392
    Male 49.1% 48.8% 48.6%
    Female 50.9% 51.2% 51.4%
    0-14 years 31.9% 32.6% 33.5%
    15-64 years 65.2% 64.8% 64.1%
    65 years and over 2.9% 2.5% 2.4%
  Density (persons per square kilometer) 15,617.0 14,928.2 12,550.8
  Growth rate 1.06 3.30 2.98
  Average household size 4.6 4.7 5.0
  2005 2004 2003
  Population projection (medium assumption) 1/ 11,240,743 11,070,287 10,899,361
VITAL STATISTICS      
  1998 1997 1996
  Registered births 2/ 312,133 325,841 315,715
    Male 166,624 170,111 165,117
    Female 145,509 155,730 150,600
  Registered marriages 2/ 100,805 105,639 98,138
  1997 1996 1995
  Registered deaths 2/ 58,746 58,949 54,211
    Male 34,880 34,949 32,409
    Female 23,866 24,000 21,802
  2002 2001 2000
  Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ 19.7 20.3 20.9
  Crude death rate(per 1,000 population) 1/ 4.6 4.6 4.6
  Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 population) 1/ 15.1 15.7 16.3
  Total fertility rate (number of children per woman)  1/ 2.00 2.05 2.09
  Life expectancy at birth (in years)  1/      
    Male 68.4 68.1 67.8
    Female 72.9 72.6 72.3
FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) 2001 2000 1999
  Modern method  3/ 38.2 33.6 37.5
  Traditional method 3/ 13.0 12.1 15.5
EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS) 1994 1989  
  Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 4/ 98.8 98.1  
  Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 5/ 92.4 90.6  
1/    -Source: 1995 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections, Volume II.
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.
r     -Revised
p     -Preliminary
n.a. -not yet available

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January 13, 2004
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