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REGION IV-B - MIMAROPA

Last Update: 08.31.2006

LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
(April Round)
INDICATOR

2005

2006 p

Household Population 15 Years Old and Over (000)

1,499

1,551

     Labor Force (000)

1,065

1,092

          Employed (000)

1,004

1,030

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

533

NA

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

444

NA

               Did not work during the Past Week (000)

27

NA

               Mean Weekly Hours Worked

34.3

NA

               Underemployed (000)

356

314

          Unemployed (000)

61

62

               Mean Weeks Looking for Work

3.7

NA

Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

71.0

70.4

Employment Rate (%)

94.3

94.3

     Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

35.5

30.5

Unemployment Rate (%)

5.7

5.7

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

 6.8 5.5

     Average for the Year

7.3 7.0

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

     July

 0.79 0.75

     Average for the Year

0.80 0.76
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
  INDICATOR

2000

2003

Poverty Threshold (P)

11,995

12,406
       Poverty Incidence (%)    

     Population

45.2

47.9

     Families

36.3

39.7

Food Threshold (P)

8,078

8,339

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

99,438

91,202

Average Family Expenditures

79,876

74,410

Average Family Savings

19,562

16,792
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office , Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Preliminary Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR 2003 r 2004 p

At Current Prices (P)

97,104

104,459

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

33,554

34,284
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)

87

89
     Membership (000) (as of)

7

7
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) (as of)

1

1
     Workers Covered (000) (as of)

*

*
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs) (as of)

37

37
     Membership (000) (as of)

*

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

1

2
     Workers Covered (as of)

71

227
p  Preliminary.
*  Less than 500.
Source of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES

INDICATOR

2005 p

2006 p
(January - July)
       Strike Notices    

     New Notices Filed

-

1

          Workers Involved

-

40

     Strike Prevented

-

1
       Actual Strikes    

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

-

-

          Workers Involved

-

-

     Work Normalized

-

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

-

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