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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)
2,691
2,699

       Labor Force
1,803
1,774

            Employed
1,691
1,643

                 Underemployed
290
313

            Unemployed
111
101

   Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

67.0

64.6

   Employment Rate (%)

93.8

94.2

        Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

17.1

19.1

   Unemployment Rate (%)

6.2

5.8

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

 6.4 9.3

        Average for the Year

10.3 8.9

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.66 0.60

        Average for the Year

0.63 0.61
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
  INDICATOR

2003

2006

Poverty Threshold (P)

11,399

14,942
Poverty Incidence (%)

     Population

34.7

36.6

     Families

28.5

30.6

Food Threshold (P)

7,856

10,283

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).
            3.  Data reflects old grouping of Region XI which includes Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, South Cotabato and Saranggani.
Source of data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Poverty Estimates.

FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
(At Current Prices)

INDICATOR

2003

2006

Number of Families (000)

811

841

Average Family Income (P000)

117

135

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

100

115

Average Family Savings (P000)

18

19
Note:  Details may not add up to total due to rounding.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR 2006 r 2007
     At Current Prices (P)
 162,882 179,339
     At Constant 1985 Prices (P)
 35,740 37,496
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 XI: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
36,708
224,083
1  -  4
30,042
54,437
5  - 9
3,865
24,441
10  - 19
1,668
21,463
20  - 49
644
19,179
50  - 99
228
15,426
100  -  199
131
17,837
200  -  499
91
26,625
500  -  999
29
19,376
1000  -  1999
10
25,299
2000 and Over
a
a

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 1000-1999.
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 p

January - December
2008 p
  Existing Unions

504

511
     Membership (000)

63

63
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

108

103
     Workers Covered (000)

17

26
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

578

605
     Membership (000)

19

20
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

4

7
     Workers Covered

477

1,150
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

1

          Workers Involved

3,298

936

     Cases Disposed

9

3
 Actual Strikes

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

1

-

          Workers Involved

500

-

     Cases Disposed

1

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

14

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