TABLE 2.9 - Labor Force by Region and Sex, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (Continued) (In Thousands) REGION AND SEX 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 15,810 16,055 16,286 16,280 16,840 2,162 312 751 535 1,610 2,184 505 900 1,255 1,339 694 548 842 726 651 414 383 2,233 311 775 555 1,661 2,231 486 913 1,261 1,355 717 539 825 716 650 444 383 2,289 324 812 561 1,708 2,323 520 899 1,334 1,425 415 528 881 760 655 444 406 2,258 324 822 570 1,697 2,324 523 950 1,334 1,469 396 520 859 745 670 436 382 2,441 322 776 546 1,772 2,551 495 908 1,332 1,419 681 587 825 741 692 417 335 WOMEN Philippines National Capital Region Cordillera Administrative Region Region I - Ilocos Region Region II - Cagayan Valley Region III - Central Luzon Region IV-A - CALABARZON Region IV-B - MIMAROPA Region V - Bicol Region Region VI - Western Visayas Region VII - Central Visayas Region VIII - Eastern Visayas Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula Region X - Northern Mindanao Region XI - Davao Region Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN Caraga Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Notes: 1. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. 2. Data were averages of the four survey rounds (January, April, July and October). 3. Annualized data for 2014 refer to the average of estimates for April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude Leyte province. 4. Annualized data for 2015 refer to the average of the four survey rounds that exclude Leyte. The use of the four survey rounds that exclude Leyte was based on the results of the referendum conducted among members of the Inter-Agency Committee on Labor and Productivity Statistics (IACLPS). 5. Starting April 2016 round, the Labor Force Survey (LFS) adopted the 2013 Master Sample Design as well as the population projections based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH) while previous survey rounds were derived using the 2000 CPH population projections. 6. Annualized data for 2016 was computed as the average of the four survey rounds using the January 2016 round that was based on the 2010 CPH population projections. Source of data: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey, Public Use Files. 2 - 45