TABLE 2.  COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BASED ON A
          PAST WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BY REGION: JULY 1999 TO JULY 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
                                              Jul       Oct       Jan       Apr       Jul   |   Jul       Oct       Jan       Apr       Jul   |   Jul       Oct       Jan       Apr       Jul
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                PHILIPPINES                 31,713     32,000    31,848   32,874     31,688   29,055     29,003    28,895    28,301    28,178    2,658     2,997     2,953     4,573     3,510

N C R         - Metro Manila                 4,324      4,426     4,339    4,503      4,389    3,660      3,720     3,636     3,666     3,631      664       706       703       837       758
C A R         - Cordillera Adm. Region         588        603       603      628        595      559        563       571       571       548       29        40        32        57        47
Region    I   - Ilocos                       1,701      1,761     1,729    1,823      1,784    1,590      1,608     1,591     1,575     1,597      111       153       138       248       187
Region   II   - Cagayan Valley               1,338      1,349     1,358    1,386      1,354    1,295      1,299     1,302     1,269     1,266       43        50        56       117        88
Region   III  - Central Luzon                3,067      3,094     3,120    3,068      3,045    2,783      2,781     2,803     2,685     2,635      284       313       317       383       410
Region   IV   - Southern Tagalog             4,265      4,371     4,311    4,333      4,351    3,891      3,959     3,859     3,755     3,840      374       412       452       578       511
Region    V   - Bicol                        2,163      2,189     2,216    2,264      2,164    1,993      2,001     2,027     1,954     1,951      170       188       189       310       213
Region   VI   - Western Visayas              2,779      2,821     2,762    2,944      2,758    2,566      2,588     2,558     2,429     2,470      213       233       204       515       288
Region   VII  - Central Visayas              2,336      2,316     2,360    2,476      2,298    2,130      2,073     2,121     2,106     2,064      206       243       239       370       234
Region   VIII - Eastern Visayas              1,639      1,655     1,609    1,795      1,658    1,532      1,528     1,487     1,448     1,508      107       127       122       347       150
Region   IX   - Western Mindanao             1,206      1,196     1,201    1,303      1,206    1,137      1,115     1,129     1,173     1,110       69        81        72       130        96
Region    X   - Northern Mindanao            1,403      1,388     1,375    1,334      1,317    1,318      1,290     1,292     1,197     1,210       85        98        83       137       107
Region   XI   - Southern Mindanao            2,135      2,110     2,112    2,195      2,083    1,986      1,923     1,935     1,946     1,879      149       187       177       249       204
Region   XII  - Central Mindanao             1,031      1,005     1,050    1,061        997      976        942       977       925       894       55        63        73       136       103
A R M M       - Muslim Mindanao                730        723       723      760        724      707        697       702       707       693       23        26        21        53        31
CARAGA                                       1,007        994       980    1,003        967      932        916       906       896       883       75        78        74       107        84

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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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