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: July 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 35,844 32,926 2,918 7,718
National Capital Region (NCR) 4,652 4,019 633 718
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 666 629 37 143
I - Ilocos Region 1,921 1,728 194 413
II - Cagayan Valley 1,370 1,322 48 335
III - Central Luzon 3,792 3,343 449 549
IV-A - Calabarzon 4,559 4,097 461 710
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,100 1,051 49 267
V - Bicol Region 2,072 1,950 122 778
VI - Western Visayas 3,022 2,852 170 748
VII - Central Visayas 2,670 2,473 197 490
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,685 1,594 91 514
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,288 1,245 42 320
X - Northern Mindanao 1,753 1,649 104 539
XI - Davao Region 1,752 1,624 128 413
XII - Soccsksargen 1,526 1,443 83 401
XIII - Caraga 939 878 61 222
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,078 1,028 50 159
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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, July 2006 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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