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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)
3,225
3,274

       Labor Force
1,967
2,040

            Employed
1,793
1,866

                 Underemployed
265
389

            Unemployed
174
174

Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

61.0

62.3

Employment Rate (%)

91.2

91.5

      Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

14.8

20.9

Unemployment Rate (%)

8.8

8.5

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

 5.3 8.0

        Average for the Year

9.0 7.5

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.68 0.63

        Average for the Year

0.64 0.63
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.
POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE

INDICATOR
2003
2006

       Poverty Threshold (P)
13,281
15,956

       Poverty Incidence (%)
  
  

           Population
30.2
32.7

           Families

24.4
26.2

       Food Threshold (P)
8,898
10,608
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)

876

947

Average Family Income (P000)

124

142

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

102

124

Average Family Savings (P000)

22

19
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)

100,223

106,038

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

22,242

23,083

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, REGION I: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
44,117
144,269
1  -  4
38,870
68,474
5  - 9
3,365
21,147
10  - 19
1,297
16,754
20  - 49
388
11,542
50  - 99
120
8,092
100  -  199
45
6,270
200  -  499
32
11,990
500  -  999
a
a
1000  -  1999
a
a
2000 and Over
-
-

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 200 - 499.
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

168

175
     Membership (000)

16

16
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

12

15
     Workers Covered (000)

1

2
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

1,084

1,209
     Membership (000)

32

37
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

9

11
     Workers Covered

1,570

1,648
 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

12

3

          Workers Involved

492

682

     Cases Disposed

14

3

  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.