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Last Update: 08.31. 2006

LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
(April Round)
INDICATOR

2005

2006 p

  Household Population 15 Years Old and Over (000)

7,651

7,713

     Labor Force (000)

4,752

4,802

          Employed (000)

4,069

4,132

               Less than 40 Hours (part-time) (000)

612

NA

               40 Hours and Over (full-time) (000)

3,411

NA

               Did not work during the Past Week (000)

46

NA

               Mean Weekly Hours Worked

50.7

NA

               Underemployed (000)

856

774

          Unemployed (000)

683

670

               Mean Weeks Looking for Work

6.0

NA

  Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

62.1

62.3

  Employment Rate (%)

85.6

86.0

     Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

21.0

18.7

  Unemployment Rate (%)

14.4

14.0
Note:   1.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
            2.  Starting April 2005, the new unemployment definition was adopted per NSCB Resolution No. 15 dated October 20, 2004.  The definition of unemployed includes the
                  availability criterion.  Previously, only those without jobs and looking for work were considered unemployed.  Hence, data for labor force, labor force participation
                 rate and unemployment rate are not comparable with previous survey rounds.
p  Preliminary.
NA  Not available.
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

2005

2006

  Inflation Rate (%)

    

     July

 8.9 7.1

     Average for the Year

8.6 7.9

  Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

     July

 0.75 0.70

     Average for the Year

0.76 0.72
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.
POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
INDICATOR
2000
2003
     Poverty Threshold (P)
15,693
16,796
     Poverty Incidence (%)    
          Population
7.6
7.3
          Families
5.7
5.0
     Food Threshold (P)
9,570
9,974
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 2000 Prices; P)

INDICATOR

2000

2003 p

  Average Family Income

300,304

242,311

  Average Family Expenditures

244,240

201,438

  Average Family Savings

56,064

40,873
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office , Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Preliminary Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR

2003 r

 2004 p

  At Current Prices (P)

383,432

423,337

  At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

82,345

87,391
Note:  Labor Productivity was computed  by dividing the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) by their correspondingnumber of employed persons using
            the average of the four (4) survey rounds of the  Labor Force Survey (LFS).
 p  Preliminary.
r  Revised.
Sources basic of data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Accounts of the Philippines.
                                         National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey.
EXISTING WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENTS

INDICATOR

2005

2006 p
(January - June)

  Existing Unions (as of)

9,319

9,410

      Membership (000) (as of)

1,208

1,195

  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) (as of)

1,590

817

     Workers Covered (000) (as of)

311

108

  Existing Workers Associations (WAs) (as of)

98

107

     Membership (000) (as of)

4

4

  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNAs) (as of)

26

35

     Membership (000) (as of)

11

12
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES

INDICATOR

2005

2006 p
(January - July)

  Strike Notices

    

     New Notices Filed

262

111

          Workers Involved

51,661

28,505

     Strike Prevented

273

99

  Actual Strikes

    

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

7

5

          Workers Involved

2,537

439

     Work Normalized

7

4

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

81

8
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:  National Conciliation and Mediation Board.