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 2005 and July 2006
          (In thousands)

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                                                Employment Status               |
                                -------------------------------------------- ---|         Total
                                 Total Persons  |         Total  |       Total  | Underemployed
Region                                  in the  |      Employed  |  Unemployed  |       Persons
                                   Labor Force  |       Persons  |     Persons  |
                                ----------------|----------------|--------------|--------------
                                  2006 |  2005  |  2006 |  2005  | 2006 | 2005  |  2005 |  2006
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Philippines                     36,165  35,237   33,257  32,522   2,908  2,715    7,823   6,660

National Capital Region          4,919   4,767    4,257   4,092     663    675      759     602
Cordillera Administrative
  Region                           693     671      655     640      38     31      149     105
I    - Ilocos                    1,872   1,830    1,685   1,681     187    149      401     282
II   - Cagayan Valley            1,400   1,357    1,352   1,310      48     47      342     307
III  - Central Luzon             3,630   3,515    3,204   3,197     426    318      531     315
IV-A - Calabarzon                4,450   4,313    4,004   3,876     446    437      693     681
IV-B - Mimaropa                  1,042   1,042      997     989      46     53      252     216
V    - Bicol                     2,103   2,096    1,980   1,979     123    117      787     681
VI   - Western Visayas           3,083   2,963    2,912   2,756     171    207      763     624
VII  - Central Visayas           2,603   2,525    2,412   2,334     191    191      477     401
VIII - Eastern Visayas           1,777   1,708    1,683   1,633      94     75      541     490
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula 1/    1,362   1,318    1,318   1,276      44     42      337     278
X    - Northern Mindanao         1,816   1,877    1,710   1,779     106     98      557     596
XI   - Davao                     1,826   1,732    1,695   1,616     130    116      431     338
XII  - Soccsksargen              1,606   1,598    1,519   1,506      87     92      423     407
XIII - Caraga                    1,016     998      951     953      65     45      143     232
Autonomous Region
  in Muslim Mindanao 2/            965     927      921     904      43     23      239     104

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Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division, Labor Force Survey
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:
         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.
         *  - Estimates for July 2006  are preliminary results and are  subject to change.

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