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NATIONAL
CAPITAL REGION
Last
Update: 08.31. 2006
| LABOR
FORCE STATISTICS (April Round) |
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| 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. |
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NOMINAL
WAGE RATES (link
to www.nwpc.gov.ph) |
INFLATION
RATE AND PURCHASING POWER OF PESO |
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INDICATOR |
2005 |
2006 |
Inflation Rate (%) |
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July |
8.9 | 7.1 |
Average for the Year |
8.6 | 7.9 |
Purchasing
Power of Peso ( |
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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 |
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INDICATOR |
2000 |
2003 |
Poverty
Threshold ( |
15,693 |
16,796 |
| Poverty Incidence (%) | ||
Population |
7.6 |
7.3 |
Families |
5.7 |
5.0 |
Food
Threshold ( |
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. |
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FAMILY
INCOME AND EXPENDITURES |
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INDICATOR |
2000 |
2003 p |
Average Family Income |
300,304 |
242,311 |
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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). |
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LABOR PRODUCTIVITY |
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| INDICATOR | 2003 r |
2004 p |
At
Current Prices ( |
383,432 |
423,337 |
At
Constant 1985 Prices ( |
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. |
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| EXISTING WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENTS | ||
INDICATOR |
2005 |
2006 p |
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. |
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| STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES | ||
INDICATOR |
2005 |
2006 p |
Strike Notices |
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New Notices Filed |
262 |
111 |
Workers Involved |
51,661 |
28,505 |
Strike Prevented |
273 |
99 |
Actual Strikes |
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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. |
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