TABLE 2.  COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BASED ON A
          PAST WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BY REGION:  JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2001
          (In thousands)

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                                                      Total In The Labor Force      |     Total Employed                |     Total Unemployed
                     R E G I O N                  2000                       | 2001 | 2000                       | 2001 | 2000                    2001
                                                   Jan    Apr    Jul    Oct  |  Jan |  Jan    Apr    Jul    Oct  |  Jan |  Jan  Apr   Jul   Oct   Jan
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                     PHILIPPINES                 30,632 31,587 30,518 30,908  31,684 27,733 27,209 27,093 27,775  28,087 2,899 4,378 3,425 3,133 3,597

N C R - National Capital Region                   4,318  4,462  4,363  4,307   4,484  3,612  3,640  3,612  3,542   3,679   706   822   751   765   805
C A R - Cordillera Administrative Region            563    594    556    557     566    531    537    509    517     525    32    57    47    40    41
Region  I - Ilocos                                1,659  1,759  1,713  1,669   1,718  1,526  1,518  1,531  1,522   1,532   133   241   182   147   186
Region II - Cagayan Valley                        1,191  1,216  1,183  1,163   1,214  1,142  1,113  1,106  1,101   1,162    49   103    77    62    52
Region III - Central Luzon                        3,044  2,990  2,969  3,033   3,098  2,739  2,620  2,576  2,731   2,720   305   370   393   302   378
Region IV - Southern Tagalog                      4,492  4,519  4,550  4,609   4,737  4,003  3,910  4,000  4,086   4,140   489   609   550   523   597
Region V - Bicol                                  1,866  1,902  1,825  1,896   1,939  1,705  1,645  1,643  1,737   1,775   161   257   182   159   164
Region VI - Western Visayas                       2,511  2,669  2,509  2,549   2,567  2,322  2,202  2,245  2,320   2,295   189   467   264   229   272
Region VII - Central Visayas                      2,262  2,378  2,212  2,286   2,312  2,028  2,022  1,987  2,049   2,025   234   356   225   237   287
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas                     1,438  1,595  1,484  1,496   1,544  1,329  1,288  1,351  1,379   1,386   109   307   133   117   158
Region IX - Western Mindanao                      1,154  1,242  1,158  1,148   1,182  1,085  1,122  1,066  1,067   1,096    69   120    92    81    86
Region X - Northern Mindanao                      1,255  1,213  1,201  1,299   1,313  1,179  1,090  1,104  1,218   1,217    76   123    97    81    96
Region XI - Southern Mindanao                     2,183  2,262  2,151  2,181   2,266  1,998  2,007  1,936  1,989   2,035   185   255   215   192   231
Region XII - Central Mindanao                     1,077  1,091  1,026  1,048   1,067  1,001    951    917    958     957    76   140   109    90   110
A R M M - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao      740    777    744    754     757    718    723    713    723     713    22    54    31    31    44
Caraga                                              881    916    877    917     919    814    821    800    837     830    67    95    77    80    89

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Note: Estimates for all quarters use the 1995 Census-based Population Projection

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