TABLE C Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates, by Region:
January 2008 (In Percent)
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| Total Population | | | |
Region | 15 Years Old | Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Under-
| and Over | Participation | Rate | Rate | employment
| (in thousands)| Rate | | | Rate
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Philippines 57,389 63.4 92.6 7.4 18.9
N C R - National Capital Region 7,596 61.6 87.5 12.5 8.3
C A R - 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 3,203 63.9 93.8 6.2 37.5
VI - Western Visayas 4,694 63.5 93.5 6.5 24.0
VII - Central Visayas 4,349 63.7 93.2 6.8 13.0
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,564 64.4 94.9 5.1 23.5
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1/ 2,007 64.6 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
A R M M - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao2/ 1,933 57.1 97.6 2.4 21.0
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Notes: Estimates for January 2008 are preliminary and subject to change.
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.
Source: National Statistics Office, January 2007 and January 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: March 19, 2008
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