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

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                                                          July 2005 |                  July 2004
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Number of Hours Worked                          Number              |       Number
                                            (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                                     32,167        100.0         31,270         100.0

  At  work                                      31,782         98.8         30,866          98.7

     Worked less than 40 hours                  11,704         36.4         10,904          34.9	 
         Less than 20 hours                      4,010         12.5          3,968          12.7
         20 - 29 hours                           3,695         11.5          3,480          11.1
         30 - 39 hours                           3,999         12.4          3,456          11.1

     Worked 40 hours and over                   20,077         62.4         19,962          63.8	  
         40 - 48 hours                          12,922         40.2         12,793          40.9
         49 and over                             7,155         22.2          7,169          22.9

  With a job, not at work                          385          1.2            404           1.3

  Mean hours worked                               41.4                        41.7

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

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

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