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
 Major Industry Group                   |----------------------|---------------------
                                        |   Number  |  Percent |   Number  |  Percent
                                        |   ('000)  |          |   ('000)  |
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Philippines                                33,024        100.0     32,221      100.0

  At  Work                                 32.235         97.6     31,605       98.1
     Worked less than 40 hours             13,489         40.8     11,527       35.8
         Less than 20 hours                 5,376         16.3      4,630       14.4
         20 - 29 hours                      4,367         13.2      3,583       11.1
         30 - 39 hours                      3,747         11.3      3,314       10.3
     Worked 40 hours and over              18,746         56.8     20,078       62.3
         40 - 48 hours                     11,027         33.4     11,714       36.4
         49 and over                        7,719         23.4      8,364       26.0
  With a job, not at work                     789          2.4        616        1.9

  Mean Hours Worked                          40.2                    42.1

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Note :   Estimates for April 2006 are preliminary and subject to change.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division,
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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