Table 2  Underemployed Persons by Hours Worked and Industry, and Unemployed Persons
         by Age Group and Highest  Grade Completed, Philippines : April 2006 and April 2007	
         (In percent)

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                                           |     April |     April
Selected Indicators                        |      2007 |      2006
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                            6,381       8,309

HOURS WORKED
Total                                            100.0       100.0
Worked less than 40 hours                         65.3        58.2
Worked 40 hours and over                          31.2        39.1
Did not work                                       3.5         2.6

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                            100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                       48.3        41.4
Industry                                          16.5        17.7
Services                                          35.2        40.9

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                            2,691       2,935

AGE GROUP
Total                                            100.0       100.0
15 - 24                                           50.6        49.4
25 - 34                                           29.1        28.2
35 - 44                                           10.6        11.3
45 - 54                                            6.4         7.2
55 - 64                                            2.6         3.3
65 and Over                                        0.7         0.5

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total                                            100.0       100.0
No Grade Completed                                 0.6         0.9
Elementary                                        14.4        16.0
   Undergraduate                                   6.3         7.5
   Graduate                                        8.2         8.6
High School                                       45.9        44.9
   Undergraduate                                  12.8        13.9
   Graduate                                       33.2        31.0
College                                           39.1        38.2
   Undergraduate                                  20.3        19.9
   Graduate                                       18.7        18.3

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Notes:   Estimates for April 2007 are preliminary and subject to change.
         Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.	

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

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