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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