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

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                                           October 2007 |             October 2006
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Number of Hours Worked                Number            |        Number
                               (in thousands)   Percent | (in thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                           33,672      100.0        32,886        100.0

 At work                              33,392       99.2        32,423         98.6

  Worked less than 40 hours           11,821       35.1        12,043         36.6
    Less than 20 hours                 4,018       11.9         4,365         13.3
    20 - 29 hours                      3,754       11.1         3,804         11.6
    30 - 39 hours                      4,049       12.0         3,875         11.8

  Worked 40 hours and over            21,571       64.1        20,380         62.0
    40 - 48 hours                     14,123       41.9        13,079         39.8
    49 and over                        7,448       22.1         7,300         22.2

 With a job, not at work                 280        0.8           463          1.4

   Mean hours worked                    41.7                     41.2

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Note:
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Sources:  National Statistics Office, October 2006 and October 2007 Labor Force Survey

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