TABLE 2.  COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BASED ON A
          PAST WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BY REGION:  APRIL 2000 TO APRIL 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
                                           Apr     Jul    Oct |   Jan    Apr |  Apr    Jul    Oct  |   Jan    Apr |   Apr  Jul   Oct | Jan   Apr
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                   PHILIPPINES            31,587 30,518 30,908  31,684 33,621  27,209 27,093 27,775  28,087 29,160  4,378 3,425 3,133 3,597 4,461

N C R - National Capital Region            4,462  4,363  4,307   4,484  4,557   3,640  3,612  3,542   3,679  3,749    822   751   765   805   808
C A R - Cordillera Administrative Region     594    556    557     566    613     537    509    517     525    546     57    47    40    41    67
Region  I - Ilocos                         1,759  1,713  1,669   1,718  1,770   1,518  1,531  1,522   1,532  1,541    241   182   147   186   229
Region II - Cagayan Valley                 1,216  1,183  1,163   1,214  1,330   1,113  1,106  1,101   1,162  1,193    103    77    62    52   137
Region III - Central Luzon                 2,990  2,969  3,033   3,098  3,245   2,620  2,576  2,731   2,720  2,852    370   393   302   378   393
Region IV - Southern Tagalog               4,519  4,550  4,609   4,737  4,942   3,910  4,000  4,086   4,140  4,287    609   550   523   597   655
Region V - Bicol                           1,902  1,825  1,896   1,939  2,053   1,645  1,643  1,737   1,775  1,813    257   182   159   164   240
Region VI - Western Visayas                2,669  2,509  2,549   2,567  2,781   2,202  2,245  2,320   2,295  2,351    467   264   229   272   430
Region VII - Central Visayas               2,378  2,212  2,286   2,312  2,414   2,022  1,987  2,049   2,025  2,041    356   225   237   287   373
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas              1,595  1,484  1,496   1,544  1,745   1,288  1,351  1,379   1,386  1,505    307   133   117   158   240
Region IX - Western Mindanao               1,242  1,158  1,148   1,182  1,287   1,122  1,066  1,067   1,096  1,132    120    92    81    86   155
Region X - Northern Mindanao               1,213  1,201  1,299   1,313  1,376   1,090  1,104  1,218   1,217  1,262    123    97    81    96   114
Region XI - Southern Mindanao              2,262  2,151  2,181   2,266  2,461   2,007  1,936  1,989   2,035  2,153    255   215   192   231   308
Region XII - Central Mindanao              1,091  1,026  1,048   1,067  1,191     951    917    958     957  1,059    140   109    90   110   132
A R M M - Autonomous Region in Muslim        777    744    754     757    848     723    713    723     713    789     54    31    31    44    59
          Mindanao
Caraga                                       916    877    917     919  1,008     821    800    837     830    888     95    77    80    89   120

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Note: All estimates 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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