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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