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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)
2,092
2,130

       Labor Force
1,391
1,407

            Employed
1,343
1,367

                 Underemployed
279
193

            Unemployed
48
41

   Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

66.5

66.1

   Employment Rate (%)

96.5

97.1

      Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

20.8

14.1

   Unemployment Rate (%)

3.5

2.9

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

2008

Inflation Rate (%)

    

        March

 6.6 8.9

        Average for the Year

10.2 9.2

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.70 0.64

        Average for the Year

0.67 0.65
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
 INDICATOR

2003

2006

Poverty Threshold (P)

11,417

13,791

Poverty Incidence (%)

    

     Population

24.5

25.5

     Families

19.3

20.5

Food Threshold (P)

8,010

9,346

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)

587

620

Average Family Income (P000)

126

143

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

99

118

Average Family Savings (P000)

27

25
Source of data:  National Statistics Office (NSO), 2003 and 2006 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR 2006 r 2007

At Current Prices (P)

80,498

86,360

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

19,344

20,079
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 II: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
23,982
69,271
1  -  4
21,680
37,345
5  - 9
1,538
9,665
10  - 19
529
6,878
20  - 49
157
4,744
50  - 99
46
3,129
100  -  199
15
2,188
200  -  499
17
5,322
500  -  999
a
a
1000  -  1999
-
-
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

114

120
     Membership (000)

23

23
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

1

3
     Workers Covered (000)

*

*
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

933

1,117
     Membership (000)

30

36
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

2

4
     Workers Covered

273

1,088
p  Preliminary.
*  Less than 500.
 Sources of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
                            Civil Service Commission.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES

INDICATOR

2008

January - February
2009 p

Strike Notices

 

 

     New Notices Filed

3

-

          Workers Involved

322

-

     Cases Disposed

3

-

Actual Strikes

 

 

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

-

-

          Workers Involved

-

-

     Cases Disposed

-

-

          Median Days Duration

-

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

-

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