TABLE 2.  COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BASED ON A
          PAST WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BY REGION:  JULY 2001 TO JULY 2002
          (In thousands)

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                                                     Total In the Labor Force             |                 Total Employed        |                          Total Unemployed
              R E G I O N                        2001                   2002              |       2001                    2002    |                2001                     2002
                                             Jul     Oct       Jan       Apr       Jul    |   Jul      Oct        Jan      Apr    |   Jul       Jul     Oct       Jan        Apr       Jul
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              PHILIPPINES                  32,567    33,354   33,098    35,052    33,918    29,281    30,085     29,705   30,186    30,104     3,286    3,269    3,393     4,866      3,814

N C R - National Capital Region             4,548     4,694    4,652     4,929     4,681     3,835     3,920      3,902    3,927     3,865      713       774      750     1,002        816

C A R - Cordillera Administrative Region      576       596      586       640       596       536       560        544      573       543       40        36       42        67         53

Region  I - Ilocos                          1,736     1,769    1,737     1,845     1,805     1,562     1,608      1,543    1,565     1,609      174       161      194       280        196

Region II - Cagayan Valley                  1,249     1,280    1,268     1,380     1,293     1,194     1,218      1,212    1,233     1,224       55        62       56       147         69

Region III - Central Luzon                  3,201     3,272    3,253     3,333     3,343     2,878     2,936      2,878    2,832     2,897      323       336      375       501        446

Region IV - Southern Tagalog                4,887     5,028    4,990     5,182     5,130     4,333     4,499      4,420    4,507     4,489      554       529      570       675        641

Region V - Bicol                            1,959     2,029    1,967     2,155     1,982     1,783     1,875      1,810    1,888     1,812      176       154      157       267        170

Region VI - Western Visayas                 2,698     2,726    2,745     2,879     2,833     2,426     2,481      2,504    2,493     2,554      272       245      241       386        279

Region VII - Central Visayas                2,328     2,420    2,398     2,521     2,488     2,083     2,180      2,161    2,134     2,180      245       240      237       387        308

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas               1,583     1,641    1,659     1,801     1,688     1,447     1,510      1,514    1,617     1,540      136       131      145       184        148

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula             1,212     1,246    1,238     1,349     1,322     1,125     1,158      1,162    1,199     1,233       87        88       76       150         89

Region X - Northern Mindanao                1,698     1,704    1,683     1,822     1,754     1,589     1,569      1,575    1,624     1,624      109       135      108       198        130

Region XI - Davao Region                    1,634     1,655    1,651     1,759     1,681     1,473     1,521      1,489    1,536     1,513      161       134      162       223        168

Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                   1,452     1,467    1,455     1,521     1,484     1,336     1,341      1,331    1,316     1,342      116       126      124       205        142

A R M M - Autonomous Region in Muslim         835       829      840       898       859       788       791        791      823       795       47        38       49        75         64
                      Mindanao
Caraga                                        968       999      978     1,038       979       891       919        869      918       884       77        80      109       120         95

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Note:  Starting this April 2002, the new regional grouping in Mindanao was adopted.  Please refer to the technical notes for more details.

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