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: October 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 35,511 32,886 2,625 6,681
National Capital Region (NCR) 4,628 3,941 687 523
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 660 629 31 126
I - Ilocos Region 1,845 1,715 130 265
II - Cagayan Valley 1,385 1,345 40 328
III - Central Luzon 3,678 3,344 334 308
IV-A - Calabarzon 4,506 4,087 418 681
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,115 1,078 37 189
V - Bicol Region 2,019 1,914 105 734
VI - Western Visayas 2,847 2,671 175 693
VII - Central Visayas 2,740 2,532 207 453
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,603 1,526 77 454
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,292 1,256 36 299
X - Northern Mindanao 1,873 1,776 98 508
XI - Davao Region 1,715 1,620 95 309
XII - Soccsksargen 1,542 1,468 74 376
XIII - Caraga 1,003 966 37 231
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,062 1,018 44 203
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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, October 2006 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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