TABLE 1   Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates, by Region:
          January 2006
         (In Percent)

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                                                        Total |    Labor |            |          |
                                                   Population |    Force |            |     Unem-|      Under-
Region                                           15 Years Old |  Partici-| Employment | ployment | employment
                                                     and Over |   pation |       Rate |     Rate |       Rate
                                                   (Thousands)|     Rate |            |          |
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Philippines                                            54,829       63.6         91.9        8.1         21.1

National Capital Region (NCR)                           7,314       62.4         84.9       15.1         16.6
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)                    976       65.1         94.5        5.5         18.0
I    - Ilocos Region                                    3,085       60.4         90.8        9.2         16.8
II   - Cagayan Valley                                   1,991       67.0         96.8        3.2         23.6
III  - Central Luzon                                    6,024       60.1         90.2        9.8         10.5
IV-A - Calabarzon                                       6,997       63.6         89.7       10.3         16.9
IV-B - Mimaropa                                         1,593       68.9         94.2        5.8         20.6
V    - Bicol Region                                     3,101       63.8         94.6        5.4         34.7
VI   - Western Visayas                                  4,462       64.1         93.5        6.5         22.7
VII  - Central Visayas                                  4,139       63.3         92.1        7.9         20.3
VIII - Eastern Visayas                                  2,443       65.2         95.6        4.4         29.6
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula1                             1,975       62.5         96.3        3.7         25.0
X    - Northern Mindanao                                2,489       71.9         94.8        5.2         36.0
XI   - Davao Region                                     2,600       66.1         92.6        7.4         21.7
XII  - Soccsksargen                                     2,314       65.4         94.0        6.0         29.7
XIII - Caraga                                           1,433       66.2         93.8        6.2         23.8
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2            1,894       55.1         96.7        3.3         11.6

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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, January 2006 Labor Force Survey

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