TABLE 7  Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past Week: April 2004 and April 2005
        (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                           April 2005 |                 April 2004
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Number of Hours Worked                            Number              |       Number
                                              (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                                       31,873        100.0         31,172         100.0

  At  work                                        31,270         98.1         30,077          96.5

     Worked less than 40 hours                    11,373         35.7         12,866          41.3
         Less than 20 hours                        4,553         14.3          5,146          16.5
         20 - 29 hours                             3,537         11.1          4,098          13.1
         30 - 39 hours                             3,283         10.3          3,622          11.6

     Worked 40 hours and over                     19,897         62.4         17,211          55.2
         40 - 48 hours                            11,617         36.4         10,184          32.7
         49 and over                               8,280         26.0          7,027          22.5

  With a job, not at work                            602          1.9          1,094           3.5

  Mean hours worked                                 42.1                        39.7
 
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Note: Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source: National Statistics Office, April 2004 and April 2005 Labor Force Survey

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