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: April 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 34,785 31,873 2,912 8,302
National Capital Region (NCR) 4,496 3,844 652 812
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 633 599 34 152
I - Ilocos Region 1,831 1,653 178 390
II - Cagayan Valley 1,328 1,276 52 248
III - Central Luzon 3,703 3,279 424 537
IV-A - Calabarzon 4,320 3,835 485 858
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,112 1,047 65 372
V - Bicol Region 2,106 2,013 93 863
VI - Western Visayas 2,845 2,683 162 763
VII - Central Visayas 2,570 2,353 217 598
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,682 1,619 63 510
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,196 1,134 62 295
X - Northern Mindanao 1,759 1,649 110 551
XI - Davao Region 1,688 1,565 123 486
XII - Soccsksargen 1,481 1,390 91 456
XIII - Caraga 964 904 60 320
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,071 1,029 42 91
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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, April 2005 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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