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

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                                      |    October  2006     |   October 2005
 Number of hours worked               |----------------------|--------------------
                                      |  Number      Percent |  Number     Percent
                                      |  ('000)              |  ('000)
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Philippines                              33,185        100.0    32,875       100.0

 At  Work                                32,711         98.6    32,437        98.7

   Worked less than 40 hours             12,197         36.8    11,823        36.0
     Less than 20 hours                   4,434         13.4     4,184        12.7
     20 - 29 hours                        3,854         11.6     3,790        11.5
     30 - 39 hours                        3,909         11.8     3,849        11.7

   Worked 40 hours and over              20,514         61.8    20,614        62.7
     40 - 48 hours                       13,156         39.6    13,070        39.8
     49 and over                          7,358         22.2     7,544        22.9

 With a job, not at work                    474          1.4       438         1.3

 Mean Hours Worked                         41.1                   41.6

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Note :   Estimates 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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