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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)
2,008
2,086

       Labor Force
1,296
1,372

            Employed
1,241
1,323

                 Underemployed
292
280

            Unemployed
54
50

   Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

64.5

65.8

   Employment Rate (%)

95.8

96.4

        Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

23.5

21.2

   Unemployment Rate (%)

4.2

3.6

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

 8.4 9.0

        Average for the Year

13.6 8.6

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

        March

 0.67 0.62

        Average for the Year

0.63 0.62
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE
  INDICATOR

2003

2006

Poverty Threshold (P)

10,407

13,219
Poverty Incidence (%)

     Population

49.2

45.3

     Families

44.0

40.2

Food Threshold (P)

7,244

9,406

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)

587

623

Average Family Income (P000)

93

125

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

75

99

Average Family Savings (P000)

18

27
Source of data:  National Statistics Office , Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
  INDICATOR 2006 r 2007

At Current Prices (P)

109,932

118,711

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

26,622

27,640
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 IX: 2006
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOMYENT
Total
25,278
90,746
1  -  4
22,412
36,343
5  - 9
1,720
10,797
10  - 19
757
9,815
20  - 49
226
6,833
50  - 99
92
6,265
100  -  199
35
5,083
200  -  499
28
7,584
500  -  999
4
2,881
1000  -  1999
4
5,145
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.
             3.  Including Isabela City.
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

167

170
     Membership (000)

17

17
  Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

9

6
     Workers Covered (000)

1

*
  Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

1,152

1,633
     Membership (000)

32

43
  Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

2

1
     Workers Covered

142

35
p  Preliminary.
*  Less than 500.
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

1

-

          Workers Involved

123

-

     Cases Disposed

1

-
  Actual Strikes

     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.