TABLE 9   Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Region, and Sex: January 2006
         (In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                              |         |             Total Hours Worked             |   Mean
Region and Sex                          Total | Did Not |--------------------------------------------|  Hours
                                              |  Worked | Under 20 | 20 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 and Over | Worked
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Philippines

Both Sexes                             32,031       413      4,261     3,688     3,813        19,856     41.1

Male                                   19,854       264      2,297     2,268     2,711        12,315     40.7
Female                                 12,177       149      1,965     1,420     1,102         7,542     41.7


National Capital Region

Both Sexes                              3,875        54        189       207       228         3,197     49.2

Male                                    2,201        36         99       116       137         1,814     48.4
Female                                  1,674        18         91        91        92         1,383     50.3


Cordillera Administrative Region

Both Sexes                                601        10         57        52        88           394     41.4

Male                                      350         4         34        27        48           237     41.4
Female                                    251         6         23        25        40           157     41.5


I - Ilocos Region

Both Sexes                              1,693        14        226       203       232         1,017     39.1

Male                                    1,133        10        123       133       174           692     39.5
Female                                    560         4        103        70        58           325     38.3


II - Cagayan Valley

Both Sexes                              1,292        11        185       190       188           718     37.3

Male                                      839         6        103       111       127           492     37.9
Female                                    453         5         82        79        60           226     36.3


III - Central Luzon

Both Sexes                              3,264        16        194       239       347         2,467     44.3

Male                                    2,106        13        114       134       255         1,591     43.9
Female                                  1,157         3         80       105        92           877     45.1


IV-A CALABARZON

Both Sexes                              3,992        51        423       380       404         2,734     44.0

Male                                    2,344        30        232       245       285         1,552     42.9
Female                                  1,649        21        191       135       119         1,183     45.6

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(Table 9 - Continued) 

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                                              |         |             Total Hours Worked             |   Mean
Region and Sex                          Total | Did Not |--------------------------------------------|  Hours
                                              |  Worked | Under 20 | 20 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 and Over | Worked
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IV-B MIMAROPA

Both Sexes                              1,034        14        227       176       158           458     34.7

Male                                      652         9        124       108       115           296     35.0
Female                                    382         5        103        68        43           162     34.1


V - Bicol Region

Both Sexes                              1,871        72        363       290       261           885     36.8

Male                                    1,188        45        193       189       198           563     36.5
Female                                    683        27        170       101        63           322     37.5


VI - Western Visayas

Both Sexes                              2,675        22        490       380       275         1,508     38.2

Male                                    1,626        17        278       231       185           915     37.8
Female                                  1,049         6        212       149        90           593     38.7


VII - Central Visayas

Both Sexes                              2,414        11        377       291       278         1,457     41.0

Male                                    1,428         8        184       166       188           882     40.7
Female                                    986         3        193       125        90           574     41.3


VIII - Eastern Visayas

Both Sexes                              1,521        24        316       252       203           726     36.3

Male                                      957        13        184       168       142           450     35.8
Female                                    563        11        132        83        61           276     37.2


IX - Zamboanga Peninsula

Both Sexes                              1,188        28        154       166       220           619     38.4

Male                                      773        19         78       100       168           408     38.5
Female                                    415        10         76        67        52           211     38.3


X - Northern Mindanao

Both Sexes                              1,697        35        371       232       212           847     36.9

Male                                    1,004        20        173       134       152           524     37.9
Female                                    693        14        198        97        61           323     35.5

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(Table 9 - Concluded) 

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                                              |         |             Total Hours Worked             |   Mean
Region and Sex                          Total | Did Not |--------------------------------------------|  Hours
                                              |  Worked | Under 20 | 20 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 and Over | Worked
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XI - Davao Region

Both Sexes                              1,593        12        188       193       160         1,040     41.7

Male                                    1,011         7        101       126       109           667     41.1
Female                                    582         5         87        67        50           372     42.9


XII - SOCCSKSARGEN

Both Sexes                              1,424        27        304       213       233           647     36.3

Male                                      927        19        175       152       186           396     35.8
Female                                    497         8        129        62        47           251     37.3


Caraga

Both Sexes                                890        10        165       120       127           467     38.0

Male                                      559         9         89        73        91           296     37.8
Female                                    331         2         76        47        35           171     38.4


Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Both Sexes                              1,008         1         32       103       199           674     43.8

Male                                      758        -          14        55       150           538     44.6
Female                                    250         1         18        48        48           136     41.2

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Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2006 Labor Force Survey

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