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

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                                           |      July |      July
Selected Indicators                        |      2007 |      2006
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                            7,332       7,718

HOURS WORKED
Total                                            100.0       100.0
Worked less than 40 hours                         50.9        56.6
Worked 40 hours and over                          48.1        41.4
Did not work                                       0.9         1.9

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                            100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                       44.4        45.9
Industry                                          15.3        15.4
Services                                          40.3        38.7

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                            2,827       2,918

AGE GROUP
Total                                            100.0       100.0
15 - 24                                           51.1        50.9
25 - 34                                           28.7        27.8
35 - 44                                           10.3        10.7
45 - 54                                            5.9         7.4
55 - 64                                            3.3         2.7
65 and Over                                        0.6         0.5

       MALE                                       62.0        61.7
       FEMALE                                     38.0        38.3

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total                                            100.0       100.0
No Grade Completed                                 0.8         0.7
Elementary                                        14.2        15.2
   Undergraduate                                   6.8         6.6
   Graduate                                        7.5         8.6
High School                                       45.5        46.7
   Undergraduate                                  14.1        13.6
   Graduate                                       31.4        33.2
College                                           39.4        37.3
   Undergraduate                                  20.0        19.2
   Graduate                                       19.4        18.1

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

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

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