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 |
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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 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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