Table 6.  Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past Week: January 2004 to January 2005
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                   January 2004  |   April 2004   |   July 2004    |  October 2004   |   January 2005*
Number of Hours Worked            Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent |  Number Percent |  Number  Percent
                                  ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)         |  ('000)         |  ('000)
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Philippines

Total Employed                    31,547   100.0   31,533   100.0   31,632   100.0    31,741   100.0    31,634    100.0

  At  Work                        31,123    98.7   30,410    96.4   31,217    98.7    31,166    98.2    31,137     98.4
     Worked less than 40 hours    11,095    35.2   13,051    41.4   11,084    35.0    11,217    35.3    11,323     35.8
        Less than 20 hours         4,033    12.8    5,237    16.6    4,051    12.8     4,174    13.2     4,219     13.3
           20 - 29 hours           3,570    11.3    4,153    13.2    3,534    11.2     3,583    11.3     3,595     11.4
           30 - 39 hours           3,492    11.1    3,661    11.6    3,499    11.1     3,461    10.9     3,509     11.1
     Worked 40 hours and over     20,028    63.5   17,359    55.1   20,133    63.6    19,949    62.8    19,814     62.6
  With a job, not at work            423     1.3    1,121     3.6      415     1.3       574     1.8       496      1.6

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Note:    * - Estimates for January 2005 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division,
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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