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REGION VII - CENTRAL VISAYAS

Last Update: 08.31.2006

LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
 (April Round)
INDICATOR

2005

2006 p

Household Population 15 Years Old and Over (000)

3,947

4,107

     Labor Force (000)

2,510

2,645

         Employed (000)

2,300

2,459

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

850

NA

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

1,429

NA

              Did not work during the Past Week (000)

22

NA

              Mean Weekly Hours Worked

41.6

NA

              Underemployed (000)

583

517

          Unemployed (000)

210

186

               Mean Weeks Looking for Work

5.3

NA

Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

63.6

64.4

Employment Rate (%)

91.6

93.0

     Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

25.3

21.0

Unemployment Rate (%)

8.4

7.0

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

 5.9 6.3

     Average for the Year

6.5 6.8

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

     July

 0.74 0.70

     Average for the Year

0.74 0.71
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
  INDICATOR

2000

2003

Poverty Threshold (P)

9,656

9,779
      Poverty Incidence (%)
    

     Population

36.2

28.4

     Families

31.5

23.7

Food Threshold (P)

6,759

7,016

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

99,531

101,421

Average Family Expenditures

83,644

85,337

Average Family Savings

15,887

16,085
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)

140,199

153,045

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

35,637

36,609
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 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)

964

972
     Membership (000) (as of)

60

61
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) (as of)

223

167
     Workers Covered (000) (as of)

26

19
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs) (as of)

1,087

1,202
     Membership (000) (as of)

40

46
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs) (as of)

1

3
     Workers Covered (as of)

45

220
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASE

INDICATOR

2005 p

2006 p
(January - July)
      Strike Notices    

     New Notices Filed

17

12

          Workers Involved

3,451

1,308

     Strike Prevented

18

14
      Actual Strikes    

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

2

-

          Workers Involved

178

-

     Work Normalized

2

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

1

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