TABLE 3   Rates of Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment by Region: April 2008
         (In Percent)	 

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                                             Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment |      Under-
Region                                     Participation |       Rate |         Rate | employment
                                                    Rate |            |              |       Rate
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Philippines                                         63.2         92.0            8.0         19.8

N C R - National Capital Region                     61.2         86.2           13.8         13.5
C A R - Cordillera Administrative Region            65.7         95.1            4.9         20.5
I     - Ilocos Region                               58.7         90.8            9.2         17.5
II    - Cagayan Valley                              65.9         96.2            3.8         17.4
III   - Central Luzon                               59.3         90.0           10.0          8.7
IV-A  - CALABARZON                                  60.9         89.7           10.3         15.5
IV-B  - MIMAROPA                                    69.4         95.5            4.5         29.2
V     - Bicol Region                                66.2         93.5            6.5         38.7
VI    - Western Visayas                             63.6         91.4            8.6         21.2
VII   - Central Visayas                             64.0         92.3            7.7         15.9
VIII  - Eastern Visayas                             65.0         95.1            4.9         29.3
IX    - Zamboanga Peninsula                         65.0         96.6            3.4         20.2
X     - Northern Mindanao                           69.6         95.0            5.0         26.7
XI    - Davao Region                                66.5         93.7            6.3         24.4
XII   - SOCCSKSARGEN                                67.2         95.1            4.9         23.8
XIII  - Caraga                                      66.5         94.5            5.5         29.8
A R M M - Autonomous Region
          in Muslim Mindanao                        56.4         97.0            3.0         11.3

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Notes:   Estimates for April 2008 are preliminary and may change.
         Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey

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