TABLE 2  Underemployed Persons by Hours Worked and Industry, and Unemployed Persons by Age Group,
         Sex and Highest  Grade Completed, Philippines : October 2006 and October 2007	  

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                                           |   October |   October
Selected Indicators                        |      2007 |      2006
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS 
Number (in thousands)                            6,104       6,762

HOURS WORKED

Total                                            100.0       100.0
Worked less than 40 hours                         58.5        61.6
Worked 40 hours and over                          40.1        35.8
Did not work                                       1.5         2.5


INDUSTRY SECTOR

Total                                            100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                       48.6        48.2
Industry                                          14.4        15.2
Services                                          37.0        36.6

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS 
Number (in thousands)                             2,248      2,620

AGE GROUP
Total                                            100.0       100.0
15 - 24                                           51.0        49.5
25 - 34                                           29.0        29.5
35 - 44                                            9.7        10.6
45 - 54                                            6.3         6.6
55 - 64                                            3.3         3.1
65 and Over                                        0.6         0.6

       MALE                                       63.5        64.3
       FEMALE                                     36.5        35.7

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED

Total                                            100.0       100.0
No Grade Completed                                 0.7         0.5
Elementary                                        13.7        14.0
   Undergraduate                                   6.1         5.9
   Graduate                                        7.6         8.1
High School                                       46.2        45.5
   Undergraduate                                  13.0        12.1
   Graduate                                       33.2        33.4
College                                           39.5        40.0
   Undergraduate                                  21.6        21.0
   Graduate                                       17.8        19.0

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

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

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