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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