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REGION III - CENTRAL LUZON

Last Update: 08.31.2006

LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
(April Round)
INDICATOR

2005

2006 p

Household Population 15 Years Old and Over (000)

5,701

5,825

     Labor Force (000)

3,555

3,506

          Employed (000)

3,151

3,108

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

839

NA

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

2,275

NA

               Did not work during the Past Week (000)

37

NA

               Mean Weekly Hours Worked

44.8

NA

               Underemployed (000)

515

593

          Unemployed (000)

404

397

               Mean Weeks Looking for Work

6.0

NA

Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

62.4

60.2

Employment Rate (%)

88.6

88.7

     Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

16.3

19.1

Unemployment Rate (%)

11.4

11.3

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

 5.1 6.1

     Average for the Year

6.8 6.4

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

     July

 0.79 0.74

     Average for the Year

0.79 0.75
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE

INDICATOR

2000

2003
      Poverty Threshold (P)

13,760

14,342
      Poverty Incidence (%)
    
           Population

21.4

17.7
           Families

17.3

13.7
      Food Threshold (P)

8,764

9,338

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

150,504

142,637

Average Family Expenditures

119,454

123,570

Average Family Savings

31,050

19,067
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office (NSO), 2003 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Preliminary Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY

  INDICATOR

 2003 r 2004 p

At Current Prices (P)

113,777

123,714

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

31,865

32,071
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)

1,139

1,156
     Membership (000) (as of)

110

111
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) (as of)

252

124
     Workers Covered (000) (as of)

69

31
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs) (as of)

280

300
     Membership (000) (as of)

14

15
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs) (as of)

3

3
     Workers Covered (as of)

347

347
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES

INDICATOR

2005 p

2006 p
(January - July)
      Strike Notices    

     New Notices Filed

50

16

          Workers Involved

9,104

1,872

     Strike Prevented

45

16
     Actual  Strikes    

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

6

1

          Workers Involved

1,719

31

     Work Normalized

6

1

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

15

*
p  Preliminary.
*  Less than 500.
Source of data:  National Conciliation and Mediation Board.