TABLE 1  Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates,
         by Region: January 2008
         (In Percent)

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                                                 Total |    Labor |            |          |
                                            Population |    Force |            |    Unem- |     Under-
Region                                    15 Years Old | Partici- | Employment | ployment | employment
                                              and Over |   pation |       Rate |     Rate |       Rate
                                            Thousands) |     Rate |            |          |
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Philippines                                    57,390        63.4         92.6        7.4         18.9

National Capital Region                         7,595        61.6         87.5       12.5          8.3
Cordillera Administrative Region                1,062        66.5         96.0        4.0         23.3
I    - Ilocos Region                            3,225        61.0         91.2        8.8         14.8
II   - Cagayan Valley                           2,092        66.5         96.5        3.5         20.8
III  - Central Luzon                            6,327        60.1         90.7        9.3         10.3
IV-A - Calabarzon                               7,388        62.3         90.6        9.4         15.9
IV-B - Mimaropa                                 1,699        69.2         95.3        4.7         29.2
V    - Bicol Region                             3,202        63.9         93.8        6.2         37.5
VI   - Western Visayas                          4,694        63.5         93.5        6.5         24.0
VII  - Central Visayas                          4,350        63.7         93.2        6.8         13.0
VIII - Eastern Visayas                          2,564        64.4         94.9        5.1         23.5
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula                      2,008        64.5         95.8        4.2         23.5
X    - Northern Mindanao                        2,615        69.5         94.7        5.3         29.7
XI   - Davao Region                             2,691        67.0         93.8        6.2         17.1
XII  - Soccsksargen                             2,431        64.9         95.4        4.6         22.5
XIII - Caraga                                   1,515        65.9         95.4        4.6         24.2
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao            1,933        57.1         97.6        2.4         20.9

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Note:
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey

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