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: January 2006
(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 34,868 32,031 2,837 6,774
National Capital Region (NCR) 4,563 3,875 688 642
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 636 601 35 108
I - Ilocos Region 1,864 1,693 171 285
II - Cagayan Valley 1,335 1,292 43 305
III - Central Luzon 3,619 3,264 355 344
IV-A - Calabarzon 4,453 3,992 461 674
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,098 1,034 64 213
V - Bicol Region 1,978 1,871 107 649
VI - Western Visayas 2,861 2,675 186 608
VII - Central Visayas 2,622 2,414 207 490
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,592 1,521 71 450
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,234 1,188 46 297
X - Northern Mindanao 1,790 1,697 94 612
XI - Davao Region 1,720 1,593 127 346
XII - Soccsksargen 1,514 1,424 90 423
XIII - Caraga 948 890 59 212
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,043 1,008 35 117
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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
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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