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:  January 2005   
        (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                                         35,292     31,277        4,015        5,014

National Capital Region (NCR)                        4,648      3,834          814          285
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)                 630        572           58           62
I    - Ilocos Region                                 1,898      1,640          258          242
II   - Cagayan Valley                                1,315      1,224           91          229
III  - Central Luzon                                 3,722      3,257          465          184
IV-A - Calabarzon                                    4,460      3,834          626          447
IV-B - Mimaropa                                      1,084        991           93          180
V    - Bicol Region                                  2,055      1,872          183          532
VI   - Western Visayas                               2,941      2,676          265          563
VII  - Central Visayas                               2,648      2,321          327          328
VIII - Eastern Visayas                               1,691      1,536          155          349
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula1                          1,201      1,131           70          184
X    - Northern Mindanao                             1,834      1,697          137          556
XI   - Davao Region                                  1,664      1,520          144          301
XII  - Soccsksargen                                  1,483      1,330          153          293
XIII - Caraga                                          931        836           95          197
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2         1,086      1,006           80           80

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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, January 2005 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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