TABLE 2  Number and Percentage Distribution of Population 15 Years Old and Over by Employment Status
         by Region and Sex: January 2008
        (In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                         Total |             |           |            |
Region and Sex                      Population |       Total |           |            |  Not in the
                                  15 Years Old | Labor Force |  Employed | Unemployed | Labor Force
                                      and Over |             |           |            |
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Philippines                             57,390        36,368      33,693        2,675        21,022	   
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
 Male                                     49.7          61.6        61.3         65.1          29.2
 Female                                   50.3          38.4        38.7         34.9          70.8

National Capital Region                  7,595         4,679       4,096          583         2,916
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
 Male                                     47.3          57.1        56.3         63.2          31.5
 Female                                   52.7          42.9        43.7         36.8          68.5

Cordillera Administrative Region         1,062           706         678           28           355
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     50.6          58.1        57.6         70.2          35.6
 Female                                   49.4          41.9        42.4         29.8          64.4

I - Ilocos Region                        3,225         1,967       1,793          174         1,258
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     50.1          65.0        64.6         69.2          26.8
 Female                                   49.9          35.0        35.4         30.8          73.2

II - Cagayan Valley                      2,092         1,391       1,343           48           701
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                     51.5          64.2        64.1         66.9          26.5
 Female                                   48.5          35.8        35.9         33.1          73.5

III - Central Luzon                      6,327         3,802       3,447          355         2,525
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
 Male                                     49.0          63.2        62.6         68.8          27.7
 Female                                   51.0          36.8        37.4         31.2          72.3

IVA - CALABARZON                         7,388         4,602       4,171          431         2,786
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     48.5          59.4        58.6         67.5          30.4
 Female                                   51.5          40.6        41.4         32.5          69.6

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(Table 2 - Continued) 

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                                         Total |             |           |            |
Region and Sex                      Population |       Total |           |            |  Not in the
                                  15 Years Old | Labor Force |  Employed | Unemployed | Labor Force
                                      and Over |             |           |            |
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IVB - MIMAROPA                           1,699         1,176       1,121           55           524
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     50.7          60.9        61.5         47.6          27.7
 Female                                   49.3          39.1        38.5         52.4          72.3

V - Bicol Region                         3,202         2,047       1,921          127         1,155
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                     50.8          63.0        63.2         60.4          29.2
 Female                                   49.2          37.0        36.8         39.6          70.8

VI - Western Visayas                     4,694         2,982       2,788          194         1,712
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     50.2          60.6        60.0         69.0          32.2
 Female                                   49.8          39.4        40.0         31.0          67.8

VII - Central Visayas                    4,350         2,771       2,581          190         1,579
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     48.8          58.6        58.1         65.6          31.5
 Female                                   51.2          41.4        41.9         34.4          68.5

VIII - Eastern Visayas                   2,564         1,652       1,568           84           912
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
 Male                                     51.0          63.2        63.2         63.1          29.0
 Female                                   49.0          36.8        36.8         36.9          71.0

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                 2,008         1,296       1,241           54           712
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     51.7          65.1        65.1         66.5          27.3
 Female                                   48.3          34.9        34.9         33.5          72.7

X - Northern Mindanao                    2,615         1,816       1,719           97           799
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     51.1          59.9        59.6         65.7          31.1
 Female                                   48.9          40.1        40.4         34.3          68.9

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(Table 2 - Concluded) 

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                                         Total |             |           |            |
Region and Sex                      Population |       Total |           |            |  Not in the
                                  15 Years Old | Labor Force |  Employed | Unemployed | Labor Force
                                      and Over |             |           |            |
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XI - Davao Region                        2,691         1,803       1,691          111           888
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     51.4          63.4        63.4         63.4          27.0
 Female                                   48.6          36.6        36.6         36.6          73.0

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                       2,431         1,577       1,504           73           854
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     51.7          65.0        65.2         59.9          27.2
 Female                                   48.3          35.0        34.8         40.1          72.8

Caraga                                   1,515           998         952           46           517
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                     51.2          63.4        63.6         59.1          27.8
 Female                                   48.8          36.6        36.4         40.9          72.2

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao     1,933         1,104       1,078           27           829
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                     49.8          71.6        72.4         40.8          20.8
 Female                                   50.2          28.4        27.6         59.2          79.2

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Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  August 25, 2010
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