TABLE 7  Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past Week: January 2005 and January 2006
        (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                             January 2006 |               January 2005
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Number of Hours Worked                                Number              |       Number
                                                  (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                                           32,031        100.0         31,277         100.0

  At  work                                            31,618         98.7         30,794          98.5

     Worked less than 40 hours                        11,762         36.7         11,137          35.6 
         Less than 20 hours                            4,261         13.3          4,132          13.2
         20 - 29 hours                                 3,688         11.5          3,539          11.3
         30 - 39 hours                                 3,813         11.9          3,465          11.1

     Worked 40 hours and over                         19,856         62.0         19,657          62.8 
         40 - 48 hours                                12,642         39.5         12,335          39.4
         49 and over                                   7,214         22.5          7,322          23.4

  With a job, not at work                                413          1.3            484           1.5

  Mean hours worked                                     41.1                        41.4
 
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Note: Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2005 and January 2006 Labor Force Survey

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