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: April 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 35,633 32,699 2,935 8,309
National Capital Region (NCR) 4,537 3,897 640 733
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 702 666 36 154
I - Ilocos Region 1,886 1,729 157 492
II - Cagayan Valley 1,355 1,311 44 302
III - Central Luzon 3,659 3,241 418 620
IV-A - Calabarzon 4,405 3,948 457 852
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,150 1,085 66 332
V - Bicol Region 2,080 1,953 127 756
VI - Western Visayas 2,933 2,721 212 766
VII - Central Visayas 2,715 2,522 193 532
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,698 1,622 76 512
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,272 1,218 54 382
X - Northern Mindanao 1,824 1,712 113 576
XI - Davao Region 1,783 1,637 146 492
XII - Soccsksargen 1,523 1,432 90 391
XIII - Caraga 973 919 54 242
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,138 1,085 53 176
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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, April 2006 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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