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 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 | | | Under-
Persons | Total | Total | employed
in the | Employed | Unemployed | Persons
Labor Force | Persons | Persons |
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Philippines 35,918 33,672 2,246 6,109
National Capital Region 4,619 4,128 491 477
Cordillera Administrative Region 679 658 21 118
I - Ilocos Region 1,927 1,796 132 248
II - Cagayan Valley 1,386 1,353 32 190
III - Central Luzon 3,717 3,396 321 255
IV-A - Calabarzon 4,565 4,199 365 662
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,109 1,067 41 268
V - Bicol Region 2,044 1,958 85 682
VI - Western Visayas 2,953 2,776 177 611
VII - Central Visayas 2,749 2,588 161 294
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,638 1,586 52 432
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1 1,280 1,244 36 246
X - Northern Mindanao 1,867 1,772 96 603
XI - Davao Region 1,773 1,686 87 262
XII - Soccsksargen 1,551 1,477 74 290
XIII - Caraga 990 949 41 203
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 2 1,072 1,040 33 268
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Notes:
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based 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 EO 36.
Source: National Statistics Office, October 2007 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: July 01, 2008
Related textual analysis | Labor Force Statistics Index