TABLE 8  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Sex and Major Occupation Group:
         January 2008
        (In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                         |         |             Total Hours Worked             |   Mean
Sex and Major Occupation Group                     Total | Did Not |--------------------------------------------|  Hours
                                                         |  Worked | Under 20 | 20 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 and Over | Worked
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Philippines                                       33,693       410      4,325     3,764     3,788        21,407     41.6 
Number (in thousands)

Total                                              100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
Officials of government and special interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers,
managing proprietors, and supervisors               11.9       9.9        7.3       6.0       7.4          14.7     52.6
Professionals                                        4.5       2.5        0.9       1.2       1.1           6.5     41.2
Technicians and associate professionals              2.6       3.4        2.9       1.9       1.3           2.9     38.5
Clerks                                               5.2       2.3        0.9       1.4       1.1           7.4     45.0
Service workers and shop and market sales workers    9.8       5.9        7.0       5.6       5.7          11.9     47.1
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen            18.1      24.8       28.4      34.3      34.9          10.1     32.5
Trades and related workers                           8.2      10.7        5.5       6.0       6.4           9.4     42.2
Plant and machine operators and assemblers           7.7       5.7        1.8       3.0       4.8          10.3     51.1
Laborers and unskilled workers                      31.6      34.1       45.1      40.3      37.3          26.2     38.2
Special occupations                                  0.4       0.7        0.2       0.2       0.1           0.5     48.5

Male                                              20,654       258      2,317     2,313     2,639        13,127     41.3
Number (in thousands)

Total                                              100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			 
Officials of government and special interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers,
managing proprietors, and supervisors                8.2       8.6        6.5       5.0       5.7           9.6     47.3
Professionals                                        2.3       1.1        0.8       0.7       0.7           3.2     42.0
Technicians and associate professionals              2.1       2.6        1.9       1.5       0.8           2.5     40.7
Clerks                                               3.0       0.8        0.7       1.0       0.9           4.2     44.8
Service workers and shop and market sales workers    7.9       3.7        4.7       3.5       3.4          10.2     48.3
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen            25.4      34.8       37.3      44.7      45.4          15.7     34.1
Trades and related workers                          10.3      12.8        6.0       6.1       5.5          12.7     43.6
Plant and machine operators and assemblers          11.4       8.9        3.2       4.7       6.7          15.1     51.3
Laborers and unskilled workers                      28.8      25.7       38.8      32.7      30.7          26.0     38.4
Special occupations                                  0.6       1.0        0.2       0.2       0.1           0.8     49.5

Female                                            13,038       152      2,008     1,451     1,148         8,279     42.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                              100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
Officials of government and special interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers,
managing proprietors, and supervisors               17.6      12.1        8.2       7.7      11.2          22.7     56.4
Professionals                                        8.0       4.9        1.0       2.0       2.1          11.7     40.9
Technicians and associate professionals              3.4       4.8        4.0       2.5       2.3           3.5     36.3
Clerks                                               8.6       4.7        1.2       2.0       1.6          12.6     45.1
Service workers and shop and market sales workers   12.9       9.6        9.7       9.0      10.7          14.7     46.0
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen             6.7       7.7       18.2      17.7      10.8           1.3     22.6
Trades and related workers                           4.9       7.2        5.0       5.9       8.4           4.1     37.4
Plant and machine operators and assemblers           1.9       0.4        0.2       0.3       0.4           2.8     49.1
Laborers and unskilled workers                      35.9      48.4       52.4      52.6      52.5          26.5     37.9
Special occupations                                  0.1     0.  2        0.1       0.2       0.1           0.1     38.0

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Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey

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