TABLE 2  Number and Percentage Distribution of Population 15 Years Old and Over by Employment Status,
         by Region and Sex: October 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                             58,182        37,058      34,533        2,525        21,123	
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
Male                                      49.8          61.7        61.6         63.2          29.0
Female                                    50.2          38.3        38.4         36.8          71.0

National Capital Region                  7,688         4,675       4,078          597         3,013
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
Male                                      47.8          57.8        57.2         61.4          32.3
Female                                    52.2          42.2        42.8         38.6          67.7

Cordillera Administrative Region         1,059           702         675           27           357
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
Male                                      51.5          59.7        60.0         51.9          35.0
Female                                    48.5          40.3        40.0         48.1          65.0

I - Ilocos Region                        3,219         1,968       1,812          156         1,252
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
Male                                      50.2          64.5        64.1         69.9          27.5
Female                                    49.8          35.5        35.9         30.1          72.5

II - Cagayan Valley                      2,106         1,394       1,342           51           712
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
Male                                      52.1          64.3        64.2         68.6          28.2
Female                                    47.9          35.7        35.8         31.4          71.8

III - Central Luzon                      6,313         3,786       3,478          308         2,527
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
Male                                      49.1          64.4        64.3         65.3          26.2
Female                                    50.9          35.6        35.7         34.7          73.8

IV-A CALABARZON                          7,449         4,710       4,240          469         2,739
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
Male                                      48.2          58.9        58.4         62.9          29.8
Female                                    51.8          41.1        41.6         37.1          70.2

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(Table 2 - Continued) 

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                                         Total |             |           |            |
Sex and Age Group                   Population |       Total |           |            |  Not in the
                                  15 Years Old | Labor Force |  Employed | Unemployed | Labor Force
                                      and Over |             |           |            |
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IV-B MIMAROPA                            1,735         1,189       1,149           40           546
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
Male                                      51.2          61.8        62.4         45.0          51.2
Female                                    48.8          38.2        37.6         55.0          48.8

V - Bicol Region                         3,267         2,113       2,004          109         1,154
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
Male                                      50.8          63.1        63.1         64.2          28.2
Female                                    49.2          36.9        36.9         35.8          71.8

VI - Western Visayas                     4,758         3,037       2,850          187         1,721
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
Male                                      50.6          61.9        61.4         69.5          30.6
Female                                    49.4          38.1        38.6         30.5          69.4

VII - Central Visayas                    4,413         2,865       2,699          166         1,548
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
Male                                      49.2          58.1        57.7         64.2          32.6
Female                                    50.8          41.9        42.3         35.8          67.4

VIII - Eastern Visayas                   2,643         1,686       1,621           65           957
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
Male                                      51.7          64.3        64.4         61.5          29.6
Female                                    48.3          35.7        35.6         38.5          70.4

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                 2,109         1,430       1,381           49           680
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
Male                                      50.5          61.3        61.3         61.2          27.8
Female                                    49.5          38.7        38.7         38.8          72.2

X - Northern Mindanao                    2,726         1,953       1,871           82           773
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
Male                                      50.8          59.0        59.0         58.5          30.3
Female                                    49.2          41.0        41.0         41.5          69.7

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(Table 2 - Concluded) 

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                                         Total |             |           |            |
Sex and Age Group                   Population |       Total |           |            |  Not in the
                                  15 Years Old | Labor Force |  Employed | Unemployed | Labor Force
                                      and Over |             |           |            |
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XI - Davao Region                        2,766         1,819       1,740           78           948
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
Male                                      51.0          63.7        63.8         61.5          26.8
Female                                    49.0          36.3        36.2         38.5          73.2

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                       2,446         1,601       1,540           61           845
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	 
Male                                      52.2          66.3        66.4         62.3          25.6
Female                                    47.8          33.7        33.6         37.7          74.4

Caraga                                   1,529           996         943           53           533
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
Male                                      51.1          63.1        63.0         64.2          28.9
Female                                    48.9          36.9        37.0         35.8          71.1

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao     1,954         1,135       1,109           25           819
Number (in thousands)

Total                                    100.0         100.0       100.0        100.0         100.0	
Male                                      49.2          70.7        71.3         42.9          19.4
Female                                    50.8          29.3        28.7         57.1          80.6

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Source:  National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  July 6, 2010
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