Table 7.  Employed Persons by Number of Hours worked during the past Week: April 2005
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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 Number of Hours Worked                 Number          Percent
                                        ('000)
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Philippines                             32,217            100.0

  At  Work                              31,601             98.1 
     Worked less than 40 hours          11,526             35.8
         Less than 20 hours              4,631             14.4
         20 - 29 hours                   3,582             11.1
         30 - 39 hours                   3,313             10.3
     Worked 40 hours and over                              62.3
         40 - 48 hours                  11,715             36.4
         49 and over                     8,360             26.0

  With a job, not at work                  616              1.9

  Mean Hours Worked                       41.3

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Note:    Estimates are preliminary results and subject to change.

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

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