TABLE 7  Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past Week:
         January 2007 and January 2008
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                           January 2008 |          January 2007
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Number of Hours Worked                Number            |     Number
                                  (Thousands)   Percent | (Thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                            33,693     100.0       33,545      100.0

At work                                33,283                 33,124       98.7

  Worked less than 40 hours            11,876      35.2       12,046       35.9
    Less than 20 hours                  4,325      12.8        4,435       13.2
    20 - 29 hours                       3,764      11.2        3,858       11.5
    30 - 39 hours                       3,788      11.2        3,754       11.2

  Worked 40 hours and over             21,407      63.5       21,077       62.8
    40 - 48 hours                      13,754      40.8       13,190       39.3
    49 and over                         7,653      22.7        7,887       23.5

With a job, not at work                   410       1.2          422        1.3

Mean hours worked                        41.6                  41.8

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

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2007 and January 2008 Labor Force Survey

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