Table 12.  Comparative Employment Status of Household Population 15 Years Old and Over Based on a Past Week
           Reference Period Using the Old Definition, by Region: July 2005 to July 2006	
           (Values are in thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                               |   Total in the  |                 |
                               |    Labor Force  |  Total Employed | Total Unemployed
Region                         |------------------------------------------------------
                               |   2005 |   2006 |   2005 |   2006 |    2005 |   2006
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Philippines                      36,512   37,648   32,522   33,257     3,990    4,391

National Capital Region           5,015    5,174    4,092    4,257       923      917
Cordillera Administrative
  Region                            697      710      640      655        57       55
I    - Ilocos                     1,886    1,920    1,681    1,685       205      235
II   - Cagayan Valley             1,391    1,444    1,310    1,352        80       92
III  - Central Luzon              3,652    3,782    3,197    3,204       455      578
IV-A - Calabarzon                 4,483    4,663    3,876    4,004       607      659
IV-B - Mimaropa                   1,069    1,091      989      997        80       94
V    - Bicol                      2,157    2,188    1,979    1,980       178      208
VI   - Western Visayas            3,062    3,173    2,756    2,912       306      261
VII  - Central Visayas            2,651    2,742    2,334    2,412       317      330
VIII - Eastern Visayas            1,770    1,849    1,633    1,683       136      166
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula 1/     1,348    1,417    1,276    1,318        71       99
X    - Northern Mindanao          1,919    1,880    1,779    1,710       139      170
XI   - Davao                      1,779    1,888    1,616    1,695       164      193
XII  - Soccsksargen               1,651    1,675    1,506    1,519       145      156
XIII - Caraga                     1,039    1,058      953      951        85      107
Autonomous Region
  in Muslim Mindanao 2/             945      993      904      921        42       72

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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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