TABLE 3   Rates of Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region:
          October  2009
         (In percent)

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                                         Labor Force
Region                                 Participation    Employment   Unemployment    Underemployment
                                                Rate          Rate           Rate               Rate
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Philippines                                     64.0          92.9            7.1               19.4
	
National Capital Region                         61.9          88.2           11.8               12.9
Cordillera Administrative Region                64.3          94.8            5.2               16.5
I   - Ilocos Region                             61.0          90.7            9.3               16.9
II  - Cagayan Valley                            66.5          97.2            2.8               13.7
III - Central Luzon                             60.9          91.3            8.7                9.5
IVA - CALABARZON                                63.3          90.2            9.8               17.1
IVB - MIMAROPA                                  69.9          95.7            4.3               24.8
V   - Bicol Region                              64.2          94.6            5.4               37.1
VI  - Western Visayas                           63.6          93.4            6.6               26.7
VII - Central Visayas                           65.0          92.3            7.7               16.4
VIII- Eastern Visayas                           66.6          94.5            5.5               26.3
IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula                       65.5          97.2            2.8               23.0
X   - Northern Mindanao                         71.2          95.8            4.2               31.0
XI  - Davao Region                              66.2          94.0            6.0               17.1
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                              66.6          96.4            3.6               20.6
Caraga                                          64.8          95.2            4.8               24.9
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao            57.4          98.2            1.8               10.7

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Notes:    Estimates for October 2009 are preliminary and may change.
          Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Source:   National Statistics Office, October 2009 Labor Force Survey

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