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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION
15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BY SEX, REGION VIII
2009 and 2010
(Number in thousands and rate in percent)

Employment Status 2009 2010
Total Women Men Total Women Men
Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Region VIII
Household Pop'n 15 Years Old and Over 2,658 1,303 1,355 2,744 1,357 1,387
In the Labor Force 1,758 66.1 661 50.7 1,097 81.0 1,758 64.1 660 48.7 1,098 79.1
  Employed 1,663 94.6 624 94.4 1,039 94.7 1,661 94.5 624 94.5 1,038 94.5
Working less than 40 hours 827 49.7 301 48.2 526 50.6 746 44.9 268 43.0 478 46.1
Working 40 hours and over 801 48.2 310 49.7 492 47.4 893 53.8 348 55.8 545 52.5
    Underemployed 439 26.4 130 20.8 309 29.7 348 20.9 94 15.1 254 24.4
       Visibly 287 17.3 89 14.3 198 19.1 220 13.2 61 9.7 159 15.4
       Invisibly 153 9.2 41 6.6 112 10.8 128 7.7 34 5.4 94 9.1
  Unemployed 95 5.4 37 5.6 58 5.3 97 5.5 37 5.5 60 5.5

 
Notes:
1.  Figures are average estimates of the four Labor Force Survey rounds, being the official  methodology for generating
     annual labor and employment estimates per NSCB Resolution No. 9, Series of 2009 approved on July 6, 2009.
2.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding


Source:  National Statistics Office


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