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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