TABLE 2. COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BASED ON A PAST WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BY REGION: OCTOBER 1997 TO OCTOBER 1998 (In thousands) ======================================================================================================================================================================== Total In The Labor Force Total Employed Total Unemployed R E G I O N 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILIPPINES 30,265 30,240 32,111 30,593 31,278 27,888 27,689 27,837 27,856 28,262 2,377 2,551 4,274 2,737 3,016 N C R - Metro Manila 4,131 4,132 4,444 4,222 4,364 3,533 3,513 3,603 3,602 3,705 598 619 841 620 659 C A R - Cordillera Adm. Region 570 582 623 587 587 532 549 573 554 535 38 33 50 33 52 Region I - Ilocos 1,702 1,678 1,748 1,687 1,703 1,568 1,546 1,573 1,541 1,564 134 132 175 146 139 Region II - Cagayan Valley 1,281 1,275 1,391 1,255 1,294 1,235 1,225 1,185 1,204 1,241 46 50 206 51 53 Region III - Central Luzon 2,865 2,868 2,989 2,922 3,017 2,617 2,607 2,634 2,666 2,658 248 261 355 256 359 Region IV - Southern Tagalog 4,082 4,089 4,219 4,098 4,176 3,774 3,755 3,769 3,744 3,782 308 334 450 354 394 Region V - Bicol 2,095 2,093 2,256 2,140 2,191 1,977 1,960 1,977 1,987 1,986 118 133 279 153 205 Region VI - Western Visayas 2,704 2,656 2,854 2,708 2,748 2,515 2,450 2,375 2,490 2,527 189 206 479 218 221 Region VII - Central Visayas 2,225 2,255 2,397 2,277 2,303 2,056 2,041 2,047 2,016 2,046 169 214 350 261 257 Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,571 1,574 1,699 1,568 1,621 1,457 1,454 1,496 1,446 1,495 114 120 203 122 126 Region IX - Western Mindanao 1,147 1,107 1,199 1,147 1,171 1,084 1,035 1,084 1,069 1,088 63 72 115 78 83 Region X - Northern Mindanao 1,274 1,278 1,355 1,299 1,327 1,205 1,203 1,194 1,208 1,237 69 75 161 91 90 Region XI - Southern Mindanao 2,047 2,061 2,139 2,069 2,100 1,911 1,892 1,884 1,900 1,917 136 169 255 169 183 Region XII - Central Mindanao 962 966 1,044 976 1,007 911 921 912 901 941 51 45 132 75 66 A R M M - Muslim Mindanao 684 690 731 692 712 662 670 662 676 678 22 20 69 16 34 CARAGA 926 937 1,023 948 958 851 868 869 853 863 75 69 154 95 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: Labor Force Survey Income and Employment Statistics Division Household Statistics Department National Statistics Office Republic of the Philippine