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: July 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                                                34,881     32,167        2,715        6,560

National Capital Region (NCR)                               4,508      3,864          644          572
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)                        643        613           30          101
I    - Ilocos Region                                        1,869      1,714          154          289
II   - Cagayan Valley                                       1,328      1,282           46          302
III  - Central Luzon                                        3,658      3,324          334          328
IV-A - Calabarzon                                           4,430      3,976          454          699
IV-B - Mimaropa                                             1,090      1,034           56          227
V    - Bicol Region                                         2,058      1,942          116          673
VI   - Western Visayas                                      2,894      2,690          204          610
VII  - Central Visayas                                      2,586      2,389          197          412
VIII - Eastern Visayas                                      1,618      1,546           72          465
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula1                      1,247      1,207           40          264
X    - Northern Mindanao                                    1,813      1,717           96          576
XI   - Davao Region                                         1,666      1,554          113          326
XII  - Soccsksargen                                         1,523      1,434           88          388
XIII - Caraga                                                 924        883           42          215
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2                1,025          999           26            114

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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 2005 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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