Labor Force Survey Table


TABLE 7  Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past Week:
         January 2006 and January 2007
        (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                             January 2007 |             January 2006
                                --------------------------|--------------------------
Nuber of Hours Worked                   Number            |        Number
                                 (in thousands)   Percent | (in thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                             33,545      100.0          32,031      100.0

  At work                               33,123       98.7          31,618       98.7

    Worked less than 40 hours           12,046       35.9          11,762       36.7
      Less than 20 hours                 4,435       13.2           4,261       13.3
      20 - 29 hours                      3,858       11.5           3,688       11.5
      30 - 39 hours                      3,754       11.2           3,813       11.9

    Worked 40 hours and over            21,077       62.8          19,856       62.0
      40 - 48 hours                     13,190       39.3          12,642       39.5
      49 and over                        7,887       23.5           7,214       22.5

  With a job, not at work                  422        1.3             413        1.3

  Mean hours worked                       41.8                       41.1

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Note:  Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey

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