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

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                                                              April 2007 |                 April 2006
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Number of Hours Worked                               Number              |       Number
                                                 (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                                          33,704        100.0         32,699         100.0

At work                                              32,780         97.3         31,925          97.6

Part-time workers (worked less than 40 hours)        14,073         41.8         13,335          40.8  
    Less than 20 hours                                5,060         15.0          5,300          16.2
    20 - 29 hours                                     4,614         13.7          4,319          13.2
    30 - 39 hours                                     4,400         13.1          3,716          11.4

Full-time workers (worked 40 hours and over)         18,706         55.5         18,590          56.9  
    40 - 48 hours                                    11,647         34.6         10,933          33.4
    49 and over                                       7,059         20.9          7,656          23.4

With a job, not at work                                 924          2.7            774           2.4

Mean hours worked                                      39.6                        40.2

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

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

Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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