Table 11.  Comparative Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment and Unemployment Rates Using the Old Definition,
           by Region:  July 2005 to July 2006
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                              |              July 2005             |              July 2006
Region                        |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              |   Total |      |        |          |   Total |      |         |
                              |  15 Yrs.|      | Employ-|     Unem-|  15 Yrs.|      | Employ- |     Unem-
                              | Old and | LFPR |   ment | ployment | Old and | LFPR |   ment  | ployment
                              |    Over |      |   Rate |     Rate |    Over |      |   Rate  |     Rate
                              |  ('000) |      |        |          |  ('000) |      |         |
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Philippines                      54,583   66.9     89.1       10.9    55,875   67.4     88.3        11.7

National Capital Region           7,698   65.1     81.6       18.4     7,859   65.8     82.3        17.7
Cordillera Admimistrative
   Region                         1,008   69.1     91.8        8.2     1,032   68.8     92.3         7.7
I    - Ilocos                     2,986   63.2     89.1       10.9     3,001   64.0     87.8        12.2
II   - Cagayan Valley             2,010   69.2     94.2        5.8     2,062   70.0     93.6         6.4
III  - Central Luzon              5,716   63.9     87.5       12.5     5,865   64.5     84.7        15.3
IV-A - Calabarzon                 6,674   67.2     86.5       13.5     6,960   67.0     85.9        14.1
IV-B - Mimaropa                   1,498   71.3     92.5        7.5     1,525   71.5     91.4         8.6
V    - Bicol                      3,109   69.4     91.7        8.3     3,137   69.7     90.5         9.5
VI   - Western Visayas            4,514   67.8     90.0       10.0     4,589   69.1     91.8         8.2
VII  - Central Visayas            3,998   66.3     88.0       12.0     4,116   66.6     88.0        12.0
VIII - Eastern Visayas            2,553   69.3     92.3        7.7     2,622   70.5     91.0         9.0
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula 1/     2,056   65.6     94.7        5.3     2,080   68.1     93.0         7.0
X    - Northern Mindanao          2,580   74.4     92.7        7.3     2,593   72.5     91.0         9.0
XI   - Davao                      2,625   67.8     90.8        9.2     2,741   68.9     89.8        10.2
XII  - Soccsksargen               2,381   69.3     91.2        8.8     2,447   68.5     90.7         9.3
XIII - Caraga                     1,501   69.2     91.8        8.2     1,569   67.4     89.9        10.1
Autonomous Region
  in Muslim Mindanao 2/           1,676   56.4     95.6        4.4     1,678   59.2     92.7         7.3

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Notes:   Estimates for July 2006 are preliminary 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, Labor Force Survey
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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