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

======================================================================================================
                                                              April 2007 |                 April 2006
                                          -------------------------------|----------------------------
Number of Hours Worked                               Number              |       Number
                                                 (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Philippines                                          33,318        100.0         32,926         100.0

  At  work                                           33,095         99.3         32,501          98.7
     Worked less than 40 hours                       11,074         33.2         11,706          35.6  
         Less than 20 hours                           3,771         11.3          4,348          13.2
         20 - 29 hours                                3,578         10.7          3,749          11.4
         30 - 39 hours                                3,724         11.2          3,608          11.0
      Worked 40 hours and over                        22,021         66.1         20,795         63.2   
         40 - 48 hours                               14,011         42.1         12,986          39.4
         49 and over                                  8,011         24.0          7,809          23.7

  With a job, not at work                               223          0.7            425           1.3

  Mean hours worked                                    42.6                        41.9

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

Page last updated: May 22, 2008