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Last Update:   15.04.2009
LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
(January Round)
INDICATOR

2008

2009 p
  Household Population 15 Years Old and Over (000)
1,933
2,007

       Labor Force
1,104
1,121

            Employed
1,078
1,094

                 Underemployed
226
131

            Unemployed
27
27

   Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

57.1

55.9

   Employment Rate (%)

97.6

97.6

        Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

21.0

12.0

   Unemployment Rate (%)

2.4

2.4

Notes:   1.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
              2.  Starting January 2007, the NSO adopted the population projections based on the 2000 Census of Population.  This is in compliance with NSCB Resolution No. 1 series of 2005
                 "Adopting the Methodology Used in Generating the 2000 Census of Population and Housing-Based National Population Projections."  
p  Preliminary and subject to change.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey.
  NOMINAL WAGE RATES (link to www.nwpc.dole.gov.ph)

INFLATION RATE AND PURCHASING POWER OF PESO
 (2000=100)
  INDICATOR

2008

2009

Inflation Rate (%)

    

        March

 6.7 11.5

        Average for the Year

12.6 11.2

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.63 0.56

        Average for the Year

0.58 0.57
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
  INDICATOR

2003

2006

Poverty Threshold (P)

12,733

15,533
Poverty Incidence (%)

     Population

52.8

61.8

     Families

45.4

55.3

Food Threshold (P)

8,730

10,318

Notes:  1.  Poverty threshold is the annual per capita income required or the amount to be spent to satisfy the nutritional requirements (2,000 calories) and other basic needs.
             2.  Poverty incidence is the proportion of families (or population) with per capita income less than the per capita poverty threshold to the total member of families (or population).
            3.  Data reflects old grouping for ARMM which includes Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
Source of data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Poverty Estimates.

FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
(At Current Prices)

INDICATOR

2003

2006

Number of Families (000)

505

534

Average Family Income (P000)

83

89

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

67

75

Average Family Savings (P000)

16

14
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, Family Income and Expenditures Survey(Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR 2006 r 2007

At Current Prices (P)

 51,112

51,175

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

10,907

10,891
Note:  Labor Productivity is measured as the ratio of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to corresponding average employment for the year.
r  Revised.
Sources of basic data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Accounts of the Philippines.
                                      National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey.
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT BY EMPLOYMENT SIZE, ARMM: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
8,280
29,500
1  -  4
7,434
13,979
5  - 9
628
3,770
10  - 19
144
1,845
20  - 49
35
1,026
50  - 99
20
1,350
100  -  199
10
1,382
200  -  499
6
2,341
500  -  999
a
a
1000  -  1999
3
3,807
2000 and Over
-
-

Notes:  1.  Details may not add up to total because some data were suppressed.
             2.  The 2006 List of Establishments was based on feedbacks from surveys conducted supplemented by lists from different secondary sources after field updating was done
                   in 2004 and 2005.
a  Included in employment size 200 - 499.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, Industry and Trade Department, 2006 List of Establishments.

EXISTING WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKERS' ASSOCIATIONS: As of Date

INDICATOR

 2007 p January - December
2008 p

Existing Unions

18

18

     Membership (000)

2

2

Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

1

1

     Membership (000)

NA

NA
p  Preliminary.
NA  Not available.
Source of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.