TABLE 2.  COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BASED ON A
          PAST WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BY REGION: APRIL 1998 TO APRIL 1999
            (In thousands)

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                                                   Total In The Labor Force           |                   Total Employed                |                Total Unemployed
             R E G I O N                        1 9 9 8                  1 9 9 9      |           1 9 9 8                  1 9 9 9      |           1 9 9 8                  1 9 9 9
                                        Apr       Jul       Oct       Jan       Apr   |   Apr       Jul       Oct       Jan       Apr   |   Apr       Jul       Oct        Jan       Apr
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             PHILIPPINES              32,111    30,593     31,278    31,168    33,444   27,837    27,856     28,262    28,368    29,492    4,274     2,737      3,016     2,800     3,952

N C R         - Metro Manila           4,444     4,222      4,364     4,325     4,551    3,603     3,602      3,705     3,647     3,720      841       620        659       678       831
C A R         - Cordillera Adm. Region   623       587        587       582       646      573       554        535       541       595       50        33         52        41        51
Region    I   - Ilocos                 1,748     1,687      1,703     1,690     1,800    1,573     1,541      1,564     1,549     1,622      175       146        139       141       178
Region   II   - Cagayan Valley         1,391     1,255      1,294     1,325     1,460    1,185     1,204      1,241     1,276     1,322      206        51         53        49       138
Region   III  - Central Luzon          2,989     2,922      3,017     3,002     3,202    2,634     2,666      2,658     2,695     2,769      355       256        359       307       433
Region   IV   - Southern Tagalog       4,219     4,098      4,176     4,182     4,333    3,769     3,744      3,782     3,811     3,897      450       354        394       371       436
Region    V   - Bicol                  2,256     2,140      2,191     2,147     2,328    1,977     1,987      1,986     1,993     2,049      279       153        205       154       279
Region   VI   - Western Visayas        2,854     2,708      2,748     2,749     2,953    2,375     2,490      2,527     2,539     2,611      479       218        221       210       342
Region   VII  - Central Visayas        2,397     2,277      2,303     2,285     2,451    2,047     2,016      2,046     2,067     2,162      350       261        257       218       289
Region   VIII - Eastern Visayas        1,699     1,568      1,621     1,585     1,731    1,496     1,446      1,495     1,469     1,554      203       122        126       116       177
Region   IX   - Western Mindanao       1,199     1,147      1,171     1,171     1,290    1,084     1,069      1,088     1,098     1,165      115        78         83        73       125
Region    X   - Northern Mindanao      1,355     1,299      1,327     1,350     1,491    1,194     1,208      1,237     1,254     1,343      161        91         90        96       148
Region   XI   - Southern Mindanao      2,139     2,069      2,100     2,113     2,235    1,884     1,900      1,917     1,933     2,004      255       169        183       180       231
Region   XII  - Central Mindanao       1,044       976      1,007     1,005     1,113      912       901        941       946       988      132        75         66        59       125
A R M M       - Muslim Mindanao          731       692        712       702       795      662       676        678       679       746       69        16         34        23        49
CARAGA                                 1,023       948        958       959     1,068      869       853        863       873       948      154        95         95        86       120

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Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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