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 |
                                        -------------------------------------|    Total
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

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