TABLE 2. COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BASED ON A
PAST WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BY REGION: APRIL 1999 TO APRIL 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
                                             Apr     Jul     Oct    Jan     Apr     Apr     Jul     Oct    Jan    Apr   Apr    Jul    Oct   Jan   Apr
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                PHILIPPINES                 33,444 31,713   32,000 31,848 32,874   29,492 29,055   29,003 28,895 28,301 3,952 2,658   2,997 2,953 4,573

N C R         - Metro Manila                 4,551  4,324    4,426  4,339  4,503    3,720  3,660    3,720  3,636  3,666   831   664     706   703   837
C A R         - Cordillera Adm. Region         646    588      603    603    628      595    559      563    571    571    51    29      40    32    57
Region    I   - Ilocos                       1,800  1,701    1,761  1,729  1,823    1,622  1,590    1,608  1,591  1,575   178   111     153   138   248
Region   II   - Cagayan Valley               1,460  1,338    1,349  1,358  1,386    1,322  1,295    1,299  1,302  1,269   138    43      50    56   117
Region   III  - Central Luzon                3,202  3,067    3,094  3,120  3,068    2,769  2,783    2,781  2,803  2,685   433   284     313   317   383
Region   IV   - Southern Tagalog             4,333  4,265    4,371  4,311  4,333    3,897  3,891    3,959  3,859  3,755   436   374     412   452   578
Region    V   - Bicol                        2,328  2,163    2,189  2,216  2,264    2,049  1,993    2,001  2,027  1,954   279   170     188   189   310
Region   VI   - Western Visayas              2,953  2,779    2,821  2,762  2,944    2,611  2,566    2,588  2,558  2,429   342   213     233   204   515
Region   VII  - Central Visayas              2,451  2,336    2,316  2,360  2,476    2,162  2,130    2,073  2,121  2,106   289   206     243   239   370
Region   VIII - Eastern Visayas              1,731  1,639    1,655  1,609  1,795    1,554  1,532    1,528  1,487  1,448   177   107     127   122   347
Region   IX   - Western Mindanao             1,290  1,206    1,196  1,201  1,303    1,165  1,137    1,115  1,129  1,173   125    69      81    72   130
Region    X   - Northern Mindanao            1,491  1,403    1,388  1,375  1,334    1,343  1,318    1,290  1,292  1,197   148    85      98    83   137
Region   XI   - Southern Mindanao            2,235  2,135    2,110  2,112  2,195    2,004  1,986    1,923  1,935  1,946   231   149     187   177   249
Region   XII  - Central Mindanao             1,113  1,031    1,005  1,050  1,061      988    976      942    977    925   125    55      63    73   136
A R M M       - Muslim Mindanao                795    730      723    723    760      746    707      697    702    707    49    23      26    21    53
CARAGA                                       1,068  1,007      994    980  1,003      948    932      916    906    896   120    75      78    74   107

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