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 total due to rounding)

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                                             Household Population 15 Years Old and Over
 Region                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              Total Persons in | Total Employed | Total Unemployed | Total Underemployed
                               the Labor Force |        Persons |          Persons |             Persons
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Philippines                             35,236           32,521              2,715                 6,660

National Capital Region                  4,767            4,092                675                   602
Cordillera Administrative Region           671              640                 31                   105
Region  I - Ilocos                       1,830            1,681                149                   282
Region II - Cagayan Valley               1,357            1,310                 47                   307
Region III - Central Luzon               3,515            3,197                318                   315
Region IV-A - CALABARZON                 4,314            3,876                437                   681
Region IV-B - MIMAROPA                   1,042              989                 53                   216
Region V - Bicol                         2,095            1,979                117                   681
Region VI - Western Visayas              2,963            2,756                207                   624
Region VII - Central Visayas             2,524            2,334                191                   401
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas            1,709            1,633                 75                   490
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1/       1,318            1,276                 42                   278
Region X - Northern Mindanao             1,878            1,779                 98                   596
Region XI - Davao                        1,731            1,616                116                   338
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                1,598            1,506                 92                   407
Region XIII - Caraga                       998              953                 45                   232
A R M M - Autonomous Region in Muslim      926              904                 23                   104
   Mindanao 2/

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Notes:    Estimates are preliminary results and subject to change.
          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:  Income and Employment Statistics Division,
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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