TABLE 2 Employment Status of Household Population 15 Years Old and Over and Total Underemployed Persons
by Region: July 2007
(Values are 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 36,142 33,318 2,824 7,327
National Capital Region (NCR) 4,670 4,064 606 683
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 687 653 35 119
I - Ilocos Region 1,887 1,738 149 341
II - Cagayan Valley 1,394 1,342 52 222
III - Central Luzon 3,766 3,334 432 469
IV-A - Calabarzon 4,582 4,164 419 624
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,141 1,091 50 310
V - Bicol Region 2,047 1,933 114 743
VI - Western Visayas 2,938 2,740 198 742
VII - Central Visayas 2,758 2,567 191 563
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,668 1,590 78 465
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,324 1,257 67 353
X - Northern Mindanao 1,803 1,679 124 509
XI - Davao Region 1,772 1,655 117 359
XII - Soccsksargen 1,579 1,516 63 397
XIII - Caraga 977 895 81 262
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,150 1,101 50 164
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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, July 2007 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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