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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)
2,564
2,609

       Labor Force
1,652
1,667

            Employed
1,568
1,573

                 Underemployed
368
394

            Unemployed
84
93

   Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

64.4

63.9

   Employment Rate (%)

94.9

94.4

       Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

23.5

25.1

   Unemployment Rate (%)

5.1

5.6

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

 7.3 11.8

        Average for the Year

13.6 12.4

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

    

        March

 0.69 0.61

        Average for the Year

0.64 0.62
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE

  INDICATOR

2003

2006

Poverty Threshold (P)

10,804

13,974
Poverty Incidence (%)

     Population

43.0

48.5

     Families

35.3

40.7

Food Threshold (P)

7,689

9,671

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)

754

814

Average Family Income (P000)

103

126

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

84

104

Average Family Savings (P000)

19

22
Source of data:  National Statistics Office , Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR 2006 r 2007

At Current Prices (P)

87,724

88,487

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

17,937

18,205
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 VIII: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
20,769
72,968
1  -  4
17,985
33,046
5  - 9
1,829
11,514
10  - 19
674
8,852
20  - 49
173
4,991
50  - 99
60
4,286
100  -  199
33
4,537
200  -  499
15
5,742
500  -  999
a
a
1000  -  1999
a
a
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 p

January - December
2008 p
  Existing Unions

335

343
     Membership (000)

24

25
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

25

23
     Workers Covered (000)

2

3
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

1,272

1,435
     Membership (000)

42

48
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

5

5
     Workers Covered

420

420
p  Preliminary.
Sources of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
                            Civil Service Commission.
STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES

INDICATOR

2008 p

January - February
2009 p
   Strike Notices
    

     New Notices Filed

-

-

          Workers Involved

-

-

     Cases Disposed

-

-
   Actual Strike

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

-

-

          Workers Involved

-

-

     Cases Disposed

-

-

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

-

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