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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)
4,350
4,481

       Labor Force
2,771
2,833

            Employed
2,581
2,611

                 Underemployed
335
366

            Unemployed
190
222

   Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

63.7

63.2

   Employment Rate (%)

93.1

92.2

        Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

13.0

14.0

   Unemployment Rate (%)

6.9

7.8

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 7.5

        Average for the Year

10.9 8.3

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.65 0.61

        Average for the Year

0.62 0.61
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
  INDICATOR

2003

2006

Poverty Threshold (P)

9,805

13,390
Poverty Incidence (%)

     Population

28.3

35.4

     Families

23.6

30.3

Food Threshold (P)

7,016

9,502

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)

1,216

1,293

Average Family Income (P000)

121

144

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

102

124

Average Family Savings (P000)

19

21
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY

  INDICATOR

 2006 r 2007

At Current Prices (P)

167,772

179,293

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

36,335

38,094
Note:  Labor Productivity is measured as the ratio of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to corresponding average employment for the year.
r  Revised.
Sources of 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 VII: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
44,367
378,447
1  -  4
34,703
64,793
5  - 9
5,249
33,404
10  - 19
2,506
32,228
20  - 49
1,025
31,271
50  - 99
375
25,433
100  -  199
250
32,808
200  -  499
172
52,932
500  -  999
59
40,340
1000  -  1999
18
25,181
2000 and Over
10
40,057

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 p

January - December
2008 p
  Existing Unions

1,002

1,024
     Membership (000)

66

67
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

166

162
     Workers Covered (000)

22

20
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

1,506

1,703
     Membership (000)

67

78
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

7

6
     Workers Covered

869

695
p  Preliminary.
Sources of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
                            Civil Service Commission.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASE

INDICATOR

2008 p

January - February
2009 p
Strike Notices
    

     New Notices Filed

22

3

          Workers Involved

3,098

931

     Cases Disposed

24

2
Actual Strikes

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

1

-

          Workers Involved

69

-

     Cases Disposed

1

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

1

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