TABLE 7  Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past Week: January 2006 and January 2007	
        (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                            January 2007 |               January 2006
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Number of Hours Worked                               Number              |       Number
                                                 (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                                          33,545        100.0         32,031         100.0

  At  work                                           33,123         98.7         31,618          98.7

     Worked less than 40 hours                       12,046         35.9         11,762          36.7  
         Less than 20 hours                           4,435         13.2          4,261          13.3
         20 - 29 hours                                3,858         11.5          3,688          11.5
         30 - 39 hours                                3,754         11.2          3,813          11.9

     Worked 40 hours and over                        21,077         62.8         19,856          62.0	
         40 - 48 hours                               13,190         39.3         12,642          39.5
         49 and over                                  7,887         23.5          7,214          22.5

  With a job, not at work                               422          1.3            413           1.3

  Mean hours worked                                    41.8                        41.1

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

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2006 and January 2007 Labor Force Survey

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