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

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                                                            October 2006 |               October 2005
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Number of Hours Worked                               Number              |       Number
                                                 (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                                          32,886        100.0         32,528         100.0

  At  work                                           32,423         98.6         32,101          98.7

     Worked less than 40 hours                       12,043         36.6         11,653          35.8
         Less than 20 hours                           4,365         13.3          4,107          12.6
         20 - 29 hours                                3,804         11.6          3,731          11.5
         30 - 39 hours                                3,875         11.8          3,815          11.7

     Worked 40 hours and over                        20,380         62.0         20,448          62.9
         40 - 48 hours                               13,079         39.8         12,974          39.9
         49 and over                                  7,300         22.2          7,474          23.0

  With a job, not at work                               463          1.4            427           1.3

  Mean hours worked                                     41.2                       41.7	  

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

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

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