TABLE 2  Employment Status of Household Population 15 Years Old and Over and Total Underemployed
         Persons Based on a Past Week Reference Period, by Region:  October 2004 
        (In thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                                  Employment Status |
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Region                                                Total |          |            |      Total
                                                    Persons |    Total |      Total |     Under-
                                                     in the | Employed | Unemployed |   employed
                                                Labor Force |  Persons |    Persons |    Persons
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Philippines                                          35,246     31,377        3,869        5,266

National Capital Region (NCR)                         4,610      3,758          852          472
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)                  646        588           58           78
I    - Ilocos Region                                  1,902      1,699          203          257
II   - Cagayan Valley                                 1,482      1,403           79          279
III  - Central Luzon                                  3,737      3,267          470          193
IV-A - Calabarzon                                     4,394      3,803          591          449
IV-B - Mimaropa                                       1,089      1,001           88          194
V    - Bicol Region                                   2,037      1,879          158          587
VI   - Western Visayas                                2,853      2,601          252          518
VII  - Central Visayas                                2,581      2,272          309          249
VIII - Eastern Visayas                                1,682      1,525          157          389
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula1                           1,231      1,157           74          213
X    - Northern Mindanao                              1,777      1,662          115          476
XI   - Davao Region                                   1,723      1,572          151          348
XII  - Soccsksargen                                   1,516      1,369          147          297
XIII - Caraga                                           956        867           89          188
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao2                 1,030        954           76           78

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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 EO 36.

Source: National Statistics Office, October 2004 Labor Force Survey

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