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

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                                                             October 2005 |               October 2004
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Number of Hours Worked                                Number              |       Number
                                                  (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                                           32,528        100.0         31,377         100.0

  At  work                                            32,101         98.7         30,815          98.2

     Worked less than 40 hours                        11,653         35.8         11,032          35.2
         Less than 20 hours                            4,107         12.6          4,087          13.0
         20 - 29 hours                                 3,731         11.5          3,527          11.2
         30 - 39 hours                                 3,815         11.7          3,418          10.9

     Worked 40 hours and over                         20,448         62.9         19,783          63.0
         40 - 48 hours                                12,974         39.9         12,431          39.6
         49 and over                                   7,474         23.0          7,352          23.4

  With a job, not at work                                427          1.3            562           1.8

  Mean hours worked                                     41.7                        41.7


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

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

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