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:  April 2007
        (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                                                36,396     33,704        2,692        6,378

National Capital Region (NCR)                               4,561      3,989          572          474
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)                        703        676           26           95
I    - Ilocos Region                                        1,912      1,734          178          270
II   - Cagayan Valley                                       1,410      1,367           43          226
III  - Central Luzon                                        3,821      3,432          389          285
IV-A - Calabarzon                                           4,490      4,073          418          602
IV-B - Mimaropa                                             1,178      1,129           49          248
V    - Bicol Region                                         2,108      1,997          111          729
VI   - Western Visayas                                      2,942      2,710          233          691
VII  - Central Visayas                                      2,787      2,627          160          419
VIII - Eastern Visayas                                      1,695      1,605           91          424
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula1                      1,354      1,313           42          297
X    - Northern Mindanao                                    1,901      1,796          105          490
XI   - Davao Region                                         1,736      1,648           88          307
XII  - Soccsksargen                                         1,600      1,516           84          388
XIII - Caraga                                               1,019        959           60          245
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2     1,177      1,132           45          188

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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, April 2007 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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