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REGION I - ILOCOS REGION

Last Update: 08.31.2006

LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
(April Round)
INDICATOR

2005

2006p

Household Population 15 Years Old and Over (000)

2,984

3,001

     Labor Force (000)

1,792

1,840

          Employed (000)

1,620

1,688

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

674

NA

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

928

NA

               Did not work during the Past Week (000)

19

NA

               Mean Weekly Hours Worked

39.4

NA

               Underemployed (000)

382

479

          Unemployed (000)

172

152

               Mean Weeks Looking for Work

5.1

NA

Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

60.1

61.3

Employment Rate (%)

90.4

91.8

      Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

23.6

28.4

Unemployment Rate (%)

9.6

8.2

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.dole.gov.ph)

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

2005

2006

Inflation Rate (%)

    

     July

 8.0 6.0

     Average for the Year

9.3 7.5

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

     July

 0.76 0.72

     Average for the Year

0.76 0.73
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.
POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE

INDICATOR
2000
2003

       Poverty Threshold (P)
12,685
13,276

       Poverty Incidence (%)
  
  

           Population
35.1
30.2

           Families

29.4
24.4

       Food Threshold (P)
8,552
8,903
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

120,898

109,558

Average Family Expenditures

95,755

91,512

Average Family Savings

25,143

18,046
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office , Family Income and Expenditures (Preliminary Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR 2003 r 2004 p

At Current Prices (P)

78,318

84,796

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

20,298

20,857
Note:  Labor Productivity was computed  by dividing the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) by their corresponding
           number of employed persons using the average of the four (4) survey rounds of the Labor Force Survey (LFS).
 p  Preliminary.
r  Revised.
Sources of basic 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)

202

205
     Membership (000) (as of)

20

20
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) (as of)

12

13
     Workers Covered (000) (as of)

1

1
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs) (as of)

819

894
     Membership (000) (as of)

23

25
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs) (as of)

7

5
     Workers Covered (as of)

1,071

566
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES

INDICATOR

2005 p

2006 p
(January - July)

  Strike Notices

 1 1

     New Notices Filed

6

2

          Workers Involved

389

448

     Strike Prevented

4

-

  Actual Strikes

 1 1

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

-

-

          Workers Involved

-

-

     Work Normalized

-

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

-

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