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

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                                      |       July  2006     |      July 2005
 Number of hours worked               |----------------------|---------------------
                                      |  Number      Percent |  Number     Percent
                                      |  ('000)              |  ('000)
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Philippines                             33,257         100.0    32,522       100.0

  At  Work                              32,825          98.7    32,127        98.8
     Worked less than 40 hours          11,866          35.7    11,887        36.6
         Less than 20 hours              4,427          13.3     4,092        12.6
         20 - 29 hours                   3,798          11.4     3,756        11.5
         30 - 39 hours                   3,641          10.9     4,039        12.4
     Worked 40 hours and over           20,959          63.0    20,240        62.2
         40 - 48 hours                  13,093          39.4    13,020        40.0
         49 and over                     7,866          23.7     7,220        22.2
  With a job, not at work                  433           1.3       394         1.2

  Mean Hours Worked                       41.9                    41.3

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Note :   Estimates for July 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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