TABLE 2. COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BASED ON A
PAST WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BY REGION: JULY 2000 TO JULY 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
Jul Oct | Jan Apr Jul | Jul Oct | Jan Apr Jul | Jul Oct | Jan Apr Jul
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PHILIPPINES 30,518 30,908 31,684 33,621 32,567 27,093 27,775 28,087 29,160 29,281 3,425 3,133 3,597 4,461 3286
N C R - National Capital Region 4,363 4,307 4,484 4,557 4,548 3,612 3,542 3,679 3,749 3,835 751 765 805 808 713
C A R - Cordillera Administrative Region 556 557 566 613 576 509 517 525 546 536 47 40 41 67 40
Region I - Ilocos 1,713 1,669 1,718 1,770 1,736 1,531 1,522 1,532 1,541 1,562 182 147 186 229 174
Region II - Cagayan Valley 1,183 1,163 1,214 1,330 1,249 1,106 1,101 1,162 1,193 1,194 77 62 52 137 55
Region III - Central Luzon 2,969 3,033 3,098 3,245 3,201 2,576 2,731 2,720 2,852 2,878 393 302 378 393 323
Region IV - Southern Tagalog 4,550 4,609 4,737 4,942 4,887 4,000 4,086 4,140 4,287 4,333 550 523 597 655 554
Region V - Bicol 1,825 1,896 1,939 2,053 1,959 1,643 1,737 1,775 1,813 1,783 182 159 164 240 176
Region VI - Western Visayas 2,509 2,549 2,567 2,781 2,698 2,245 2,320 2,295 2,351 2,426 264 229 272 430 272
Region VII - Central Visayas 2,212 2,286 2,312 2,414 2,328 1,987 2,049 2,025 2,041 2,083 225 237 287 373 245
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,484 1,496 1,544 1,745 1,583 1,351 1,379 1,386 1,505 1,447 133 117 158 240 136
Region IX - Western Mindanao 1,158 1,148 1,182 1,287 1,212 1,066 1,067 1,096 1,132 1,125 92 81 86 155 87
Region X - Northern Mindanao 1,201 1,299 1,313 1,376 1,361 1,104 1,218 1,217 1,262 1,289 97 81 96 114 72
Region XI - Southern Mindanao 2,151 2,181 2,266 2,461 2,348 1,936 1,989 2,035 2,153 2,106 215 192 231 308 242
Region XII - Central Mindanao 1,026 1,048 1,067 1,191 1,118 917 958 957 1,059 1,037 109 90 110 132 81
A R M M - Autonomous Region in Muslim 744 754 757 848 792 713 723 713 789 754 31 31 44 59 38
Mindanao
Caraga 877 917 919 1,008 968 800 837 830 888 891 77 80 89 120 77
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Note: Estimates for all quarters used 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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