TABLE 2.  COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BASED ON A
          PAST WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BY REGION: JANUARY 1999 TO JANUARY 2000
          (In thousands)

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                                                  Total In The Labor Force            |                   Total Employed                 |                Total Unemployed
                R E G I O N                            1999                 |    2000 |                   1999                |   2000   |                 1999                 |    2000
                                         Jan       Apr       Jul       Oct  |    Jan  |    Jan       Apr       Jul       Oct  |    Jan   |   Jan       Apr       Jul       Oct  |    Jan
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                PHILIPPINES            31,168    33,444     31,713   32,000    31,848    28,368    29,492     29,055   29,003    28,895     2,800     3,952      2,658    2,997     2,953

N C R         - Metro Manila            4,325     4,551      4,324    4,426     4,339     3,647     3,720      3,660    3,720     3,636       678       831        664      706       703
C A R         - Cordillera Adm. Region    582       646        588      603       603       541       595        559      563       571        41        51         29       40        32
Region    I   - Ilocos                  1,690     1,800      1,701    1,761     1,729     1,549     1,622      1,590    1,608     1,591       141       178        111      153       138
Region   II   - Cagayan Valley          1,325     1,460      1,338    1,349     1,358     1,276     1,322      1,295    1,299     1,302        49       138         43       50        56
Region   III  - Central Luzon           3,002     3,202      3,067    3,094     3,120     2,695     2,769      2,783    2,781     2,803       307       433        284      313       317
Region   IV   - Southern Tagalog        4,182     4,333      4,265    4,371     4,311     3,811     3,897      3,891    3,959     3,859       371       436        374      412       452
Region    V   - Bicol                   2,147     2,328      2,163    2,189     2,216     1,993     2,049      1,993    2,001     2,027       154       279        170      188       189
Region   VI   - Western Visayas         2,749     2,953      2,779    2,821     2,762     2,539     2,611      2,566    2,588     2,558       210       342        213      233       204
Region   VII  - Central Visayas         2,285     2,451      2,336    2,316     2,360     2,067     2,162      2,130    2,073     2,121       218       289        206      243       239
Region   VIII - Eastern Visayas         1,585     1,731      1,639    1,655     1,609     1,469     1,554      1,532    1,528     1,487       116       177        107      127       122
Region   IX   - Western Mindanao        1,171     1,290      1,206    1,196     1,201     1,098     1,165      1,137    1,115     1,129        73       125         69       81        72
Region    X   - Northern Mindanao       1,350     1,491      1,403    1,388     1,375     1,254     1,343      1,318    1,290     1,292        96       148         85       98        83
Region   XI   - Southern Mindanao       2,113     2,235      2,135    2,110     2,112     1,933     2,004      1,986    1,923     1,935       180       231        149      187       177
Region   XII  - Central Mindanao        1,005     1,113      1,031    1,005     1,050       946       988        976      942       977        59       125         55       63        73
A R M M       - Muslim Mindanao           702       795        730      723       723       679       746        707      697       702        23        49         23       26        21
CARAGA                                    959     1,068      1,007      994       980       873       948        932      916       906        86       120         75       78        74

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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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