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 total due to rounding)

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                                                        Employment Status
 Region                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              Total Persons in | Total Employed | Total Unemployed | Total Underemployed
                               the Labor Force |        Persons |          Persons |             Persons
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Philippines                             35,224           32,384              2,840                 6,895

National Capital Region                  4,827            4,105                722                   679
Cordillera Administrative Region           665              629                 36                   113
Region  I - Ilocos                       1,820            1,655                165                   277
Region II - Cagayan Valley               1,364            1,321                 43                   310
Region III - Central Luzon               3,472            3,134                338                   330
Region IV-A - CALABARZON                 4,342            3,897                445                   657
Region IV-B - MIMAROPA                   1,045              985                 60                   203
Region V - Bicol                         2,012            1,904                108                   657
Region VI - Western Visayas              2,924            2,737                187                   620
Region VII - Central Visayas             2,558            2,358                200                   478
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas            1,682            1,608                 74                   475
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1/       1,307            1,259                 48                   315
Region X - Northern Mindanao             1,861            1,767                 94                   645
Region XI - Davao                        1,791            1,659                132                   357
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                1,591            1,497                 94                   444
Region XIII - Caraga                     1,025              962                 63                   229
A R M M - Autonomous Region in Muslim
                      Mindanao  2/         939              908                 31                   107

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Notes:    Estimates for January 2006 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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