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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)
2,431
2,505

       Labor Force
1,577
1,635

            Employed
1,504
1,579

                 Underemployed
338
282

            Unemployed
73
56

   Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

64.9

65.3

   Employment Rate (%)

95.4

96.5

        Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

22.5

17.8

   Unemployment Rate (%)

4.6

3.5

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

 7.4 9.2

        Average for the Year

11.7 8.9

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.68 0.63

        Average for the Year

0.65 0.64
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
  INDICATOR

2003

2006

Poverty Threshold (P)

11,328

14,225
Poverty Incidence (%)

     Population

38.4

40.8

     Families

32.1

33.8

Food Threshold (P)

7,807

9,702

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 XII which includes Lanao del Norte, North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat.
Source of data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Poverty Estimates.

FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
(At Current Prices)

INDICATOR

2003

2006

Number of Families (000)

708

749

Average Family Income (P000)

113

114

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

85

96

Average Family Savings (P000)

28

18
Source of data:  National Statistics Office , Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR 2006 r 2007
     At Current Prices (P)
 135,595 147,077
     At Constant 1985 Prices (P)
 31,016 31,872
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 XII: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
26,610
139,101
1  -  4
22,828
40,754
5  - 9
2,309
14,715
10  - 19
934
12,159
20  - 49
328
9,648
50  - 99
96
6,589
100  -  199
58
8,346
200  -  499
33
9,336
500  -  999
11
7,210
1000  -  1999
9
13,795
2000 and Over
4
16,549

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.
            3.  Including Cotabato City.
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

248

260
     Membership (000)

42

44
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

22

25
     Workers Covered (000)

3

10
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

368

368
     Membership (000)

9

9
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

4

8
     Workers Covered

265

99
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

1

-

          Workers Involved

43

-

     Cases Disposed

1

-
  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.