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

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                                             Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment |      Under-
Region                                     Participation |       Rate |         Rate | employment
                                                    Rate |            |              |       Rate
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Philippines                                         63.7         93.2            6.8         17.5

N C R - National Capital Region                     60.8         87.2           12.8         11.3
C A R - Cordillera Administrative Region            66.3         96.1            3.9         22.7
I - Ilocos Region                                   61.1         92.1            7.9         18.3
II - Cagayan Valley                                 66.2         96.3            3.7         16.8
III - Central Luzon                                 60.0         91.9            8.1          6.5
IV-A - CALABARZON                                   63.2         90.0           10.0         15.5
IV-B - MIMAROPA                                     68.5         96.6            3.4         23.6
V - Bicol Region                                    64.7         94.8            5.2         31.2
VI - Western Visayas                                63.8         93.8            6.2         22.4
VII - Central Visayas                               64.9         94.2            5.8         14.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas                              63.8         96.1            3.9         26.6
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                            67.8         96.6            3.4         21.2
X - Northern Mindanao                               71.6         95.8            4.2         21.3
XI - Davao Region                                   65.7         95.7            4.3         16.1
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                                  65.5         96.2            3.8         20.2
XIII - Caraga                                       65.1         94.7            5.3         20.1
A R M M - Autonomous Region
          in Muslim Mindanao                        58.1         97.8            2.2         13.9

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

Source:  National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey

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