TABLE 7  Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past Week:
         July 2003 and July 2004
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                              July 2004 |             July 2003
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Number of Hours Worked                Number            |     Number
                                  (Thousands)   Percent | (Thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                           31,270      100.0       30,088      100.0

At  work                              30,866       98.7       29,707       98.7

  Worked less than 40 hours           10,904       34.9       10,040       33.4
    Less than 20 hours                 3,968       12.7        3,523       11.7
    20 - 29 hours                      3,480       11.1        3,277       10.9
    30 - 39 hours                      3,456       11.1        3,241       10.8

  Worked 40 hours and over            19,962       63.8       19,667       65.4
    40 - 48 hours                     12,793       40.9       11,694       38.9
    49 and over                        7,169       22.9        7,973       26.5

With a job, not at work                  404        1.3          381        1.3

Mean hours worked                       41.7                    42.9

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

Source: National Statistics Office, July 2003 and July 2004 Labor Force Survey

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