TABLE 3   Rates of Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region: January 2010
         (In percent)

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                                                Labor Force |            |              |      Under-
Region                                        Participation | Employment | Unemployment | employment
                                                       Rate |       Rate |         Rate |       Rate
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Philippines                                            64.5         92.7            7.3         19.7

National Capital Region                                62.8         89.2           10.8         10.9
Cordillera Administrative Region                       68.0         95.0            5.0         17.3
I     -Ilocos Region                                   60.9         92.1            7.9         14.8
II    -Cagayan Valley                                  67.1         97.0            3.0         17.0
III   -Central Luzon                                   61.3         91.0            9.0          8.7
IVA   -CALABARZON                                      63.8         90.5            9.5         16.9
IVB   -MIMAROPA                                        68.7         95.8            4.2         22.4
V     -Bicol Region                                    64.6         94.9            5.1         36.8
VI    -Western Visayas                                 66.1         94.0            6.0         28.6
VII   -Central Visayas                                 64.9         91.9            8.1         18.1
VIII  -Eastern Visayas                                 64.8         93.6            6.4         22.8
IX    -Zamboanga Peninsula                             68.3         95.3            4.7         26.0
X     -Northern Mindanao                               70.2         94.8            5.2         26.4
XI    -Davao Region                                    65.1         94.0            6.0         22.8
XII   -SOCCSKSARGEN                                    67.7         94.8            5.2         26.7
Caraga                                                 64.9         91.9            8.1         28.0
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao                   59.2         96.0            4.0         16.6

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Notes:    Estimates for January 2010 are preliminary and may change.
          Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Source:   National Statistics Office, January 2010 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  March 16, 2010
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