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

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                                                           April 2006 |                 April 2005
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Number of Hours Worked                            Number              |       Number
                                              (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                                       32,699        100.0         31,873         100.0

  At  work                                        31,925         97.6         31,270          98.1

     Worked less than 40 hours                    13,335         40.8         11,373          35.7	
         Less than 20 hours                        5,300         16.2          4,553          14.3
         20 - 29 hours                             4,319         13.2          3,537          11.1
         30 - 39 hours                             3,716         11.4          3,283          10.3

     Worked 40 hours and over                     18,590         56.9         19,897          62.4	
         40 - 48 hours                            10,933         33.4         11,617          36.4
         49 and over                               7,656         23.4          8,280          26.0

  With a job, not at work                            774          2.4            602           1.9

  Mean hours worked                                 40.2                        42.1

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

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

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