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

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                                                          July 2006 |                  July 2005
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Number of Hours Worked                          Number              |       Number
                                            (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                                     32,926        100.0         32,167         100.0

  At  work                                      32,501         98.7         31,782          98.8

     Worked less than 40 hours                  11,706         35.6         11,704          36.4	  
         Less than 20 hours                      4,348         13.2          4,010          12.5
         20 - 29 hours                           3,749         11.4          3,695          11.5
         30 - 39 hours                           3,608         11.0          3,999          12.4

     Worked 40 hours and over                   20,795         63.2         20,077          62.4		
         40 - 48 hours                          12,986         39.4         12,922          40.2
         49 and over                             7,809         23.7          7,155          22.2

  With a job, not at work                          425          1.3            385           1.2

  Mean hours worked                                41.9                       41.4	 

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

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

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