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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)
1,062
1,057

       Labor Force
706
707

            Employed
678
677

                 Underemployed
158
124

            Unemployed
28
30

  Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

66.5

66.9

  Employment Rate (%)

96.0

95.7

     Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

23.3

18.3

  Unemployment Rate (%)

4.0

4.3
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

 5.5 6.3

        Average for the Year

8.9 6.7

  Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.67 0.63

        Average for the Year

 0.64 0.67
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
  INDICATOR

2003

2006

  Poverty Threshold (P)
14,033
16,810
  Poverty Incidence (%)
    

     Population

32.2

34.5

     Families

25.8

28.8
  Food Threshold (P)
9,141
10,837

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).
Source of data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Poverty Estimates.

FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
(At Current Prices)

INDICATOR

2003

2006
Number of Families (000)
279
303

Average Family Income (P000)

152

192

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

126

151

Average Family Savings (P000)

26

42
Source of data:  National Statistics Office), 2003 and 2006 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR 2006 r 2007

At Current Prices (P)

203,954

205,229

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

45,000

45,993
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, CAR: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
14,744
61,717
1  -  4
12,680
20,934
5  - 9
1,235
7,770
10  - 19
565
7,315
20  - 49
174
5,034
50  - 99
48
3,246
100  -  199
24
3,198
200  -  499
8
1,925
500  -  999
7
5,291
1000  -  1999
a
a
2000 and Over
3
7,004

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 500 - 999.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, Industry and Trade Department, 2006 List of Establishments.


EXISTING WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENTS: As of Date

INDICATOR

2007

January - December
2008 p
  Existing Unions

111

112
     Membership (000)

16

16
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

11

11
     Workers Covered (000)

5

4
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

552

712
     Membership (000)

19

30
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

6

4
     Workers Covered

302

230

 p  Preliminary.
 Sources of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
                            Civil Service Commission.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES

INDICATOR

2008 p

January - February
2009 p

Strike Notices

    

     New Notices Filed

3

-

          Workers Involved

15

-

     Cases Disposed

4

-

Actual Strikes

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

-

-

          Workers Involved

-

-

     Cases Disposed

-

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

-

-
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:  National Conciliation and Mediation Board.