TABLE 1   Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates, by Region:
          January 2007 
         (In Percent)

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                                                        Total |    Labor |            |          |
                                                   Population |    Force |            |     Unem-|      Under-
Region                                           15 Years Old |  Partici-| Employment | ployment | employment
                                                     and Over |   pation |       Rate |     Rate |       Rate
                                                   (Thousands)|     Rate |            |          |
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Philippines                                            56,145       64.8         92.2        7.8         21.5

National Capital Region (NCR)                           7,475       62.8         87.3       12.7         14.7
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)                  1,013       68.3         95.2        4.8         18.8
I    - Ilocos Region                                    3,117       61.5         90.3        9.7         21.0
II   - Cagayan Valley                                   2,042       68.4         96.9        3.1         22.4
III  - Central Luzon                                    6,185       62.2         90.3        9.7         11.2
IV-A - Calabarzon                                       7,210       64.7         89.6       10.4         16.7
IV-B - Mimaropa                                         1,631       70.0         96.1        3.9         23.9
V    - Bicol Region                                     3,124       66.5         93.9        6.1         38.5
VI   - Western Visayas                                  4,550       67.3         94.4        5.6         27.5
VII  - Central Visayas                                  4,278       63.8         92.5        7.5         20.6
VIII - Eastern Visayas                                  2,526       66.9         93.9        6.1         28.5
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula1                             1,993       65.7         96.3        3.7         24.4
X    - Northern Mindanao                                2,584       69.4         93.5        6.5         31.2
XI   - Davao Region                                     2,630       65.7         92.5        7.5         23.6
XII  - Soccsksargen                                     2,382       65.4         95.3        4.7         23.7
XIII - Caraga                                           1,468       64.6         92.4        7.6         26.1
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2            1,935       58.8         96.2        3.8         14.5

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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, January 2007 Labor Force Survey

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