TABLE 2  Employment Status of Household Population 15 Years Old and Over and Total Under-
         employed Persons Based on a Past Week Reference Period, by Region: January 2008
         (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                                   36,368     33,693        2,675      6,368

National Capital Region                        4,679      4,096          583        339
Cordillera Administrative Region                 706        678           28        158
I    - Ilocos Region                           1,967      1,793          174        265
II   - Cagayan Valley                          1,391      1,343           48        279
III  - Central Luzon                           3,802      3,447          355        356
IV-A - Calabarzon                              4,602      4,171          431        665
IV-B - Mimaropa                                1,176      1,121           55        327
V    - Bicol Region                            2,047      1,921          127        720
VI   - Western Visayas                         2,982      2,788          194        669
VII  - Central Visayas                         2,771      2,581          190        335
VIII - Eastern Visayas                         1,652      1,568           84        368
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula                     1,296      1,241           54        292
X    - Northern Mindanao                       1,816      1,719           97        511
XI   - Davao Region                            1,803      1,691          111        290
XII  - Soccsksargen                            1,577      1,504           73        338
XIII - Caraga                                    998        952           46        230
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao           1,104      1,078           27        226

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

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated: July 01, 2008
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