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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)
7,595
7,753

     Labor Force (000)
4,679
4,719

          Employed (000)
4,096
4,059

               Underemployed (000)
339
660

          Unemployed (000)
583
502

  Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

61.6

60.9

  Employment Rate (%)

87.5

86.0

     Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

8.3

14.0

  Unemployment Rate (%)

12.5

12.4
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.gov.ph)

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

2008

2009

  Inflation Rate (%)

    

        March

 5.4 3.2

        Average for the Year

6.9 4.1

  Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.67 0.65

        Average for the Year

0.65 0.65
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.
POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
INDICATOR
2003
2006
     Poverty Threshold (P)
16,737
20,566
     Poverty Incidence (%)
    
          Population
6.9
10.4
          Families
4.8
7.1
     Food Threshold (P)
9,974
11,807
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)

2,293

2,362

  Average Family Income (P000)

266

311

  Average Family Expenditures (P000)

218

258

  Average Family Savings (P000)

48

53
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)

570,776

609,077

  At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

105,341

109,777
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, NCR: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOMYENT
Total
195,632
1,869,507
1  -  4
141,866
275,543
5  - 9
27,336
173,305
10  - 19
14,697
188,622
20  - 49
6,965
206,292
50  - 99
2,447
164,400
100  -  199
1,239
165,537
200  -  499
696
206,237
500  -  999
244
177,922
1000  -  1999
95
136,389
2000 and Over
47
175,260

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.
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

9,589

9,723

      Membership (000)

1,232

1,238

  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

756

735

     Workers Covered (000)

110

109

  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

112

144

     Membership (000)

4

6

  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNAs)

56

55

     Membership (000)

22

20
 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

190

18

          Workers Involved

43,461

1,465

     Cases Disposed

193

14

  Actual Strikes

    

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

2

-

          Workers Involved

305

-

     Cases Disposed

2

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

20

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