TABLE 1  Labor Force Participation Rate, Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment Rate
         by Region: July 2004
         (Percent)

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                                     Total |    Labor |            |          |
                                Population |    Force |            |    Unem- |     Under-
Region                        15 Years Old | Partici- | Employment | ployment | employment
                                  and Over |   pation |       Rate |     Rate |       Rate
                               (Thousands) |     Rate |            |          |
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Philippines                         52,883       67.0         88.2       11.8         17.5

National Capital Region (NCR)        7,171       65.7         81.5       18.5         10.8
Cordillera Administrative
  Region (CAR)                         940       69.0         89.9       10.1         14.9
I    - Ilocos Region                 2,906       66.0         87.3       12.7         15.1
II   - Cagayan Valley                2,158       67.2         91.9        8.1         19.3
III  - Central Luzon                 5,809       64.4         86.6       13.4          7.2
IV-A - Calabarzon                    6,667       66.4         85.5       14.5         12.7
IV-B - Mimaropa                      1,508       71.7         91.9        8.1         17.2
V    - Bicol Region                  2,957       68.2         91.5        8.5         26.6
VI   - Western Visayas               4,268       68.8         90.3        9.7         20.5
VII  - Central Visayas               3,944       66.0         87.1       12.9         14.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas               2,364       70.9         90.5        9.5         23.5
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula1          1,858       66.8         92.5        7.5         21.0
X    - Northern Mindanao             2,410       74.1         92.6        7.4         36.8
XI   - Davao Region                  2,485       68.7         89.9       10.1         24.7
XII  - Soccsksargen                  2,212       67.8         89.2       10.8         23.5
XIII - Caraga                        1,355       69.5         91.0        9.0         24.7
Autonomous Region in Muslim
   Mindanao (ARMM)2                  1,870       57.3         93.9        6.1         11.9

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Notes:
Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.
1 Starting July 2003, Isabela City (Basilan) is part of Region IX.
2 Starting July 2003, Basilan province, which was formerly part of Region IX,
  is now under ARMM by Executive Order 36.

Source:  National Statistics Office, July 2004 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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