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: October 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 35,149 32,528 2,621 6,870
National Capital Region (NCR) 4,567 3,935 631 522
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 638 602 35 135
I - Ilocos Region 1,857 1,729 128 273
II - Cagayan Valley 1,378 1,341 36 269
III - Central Luzon 3,672 3,333 339 409
IV-A - Calabarzon 4,452 3,990 461 663
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,121 1,079 42 212
V - Bicol Region 2,057 1,956 100 687
VI - Western Visayas 2,867 2,702 165 660
VII - Central Visayas 2,691 2,481 211 493
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,591 1,519 73 456
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,248 1,208 40 269
X - Northern Mindanao 1,820 1,721 99 584
XI - Davao Region 1,691 1,590 101 411
XII - Soccsksargen 1,520 1,437 83 437
XIII - Caraga 959 917 42 216
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,023 987 35 173
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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, October 2005 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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