TABLE 14  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons Wanting More
          Hours of Work by Total Hours Worked, by Region and Sex: January 2008
         (In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                    |     Worked |     Worked
Region and Sex                                Total |  Less than |   40 hours
                                                    |   40 hours*|   and Over
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Philippines                                   6,368        4,024        2,344 
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          69.8         67.9         73.0
 Female                                        30.2         32.1         27.0

National Capital Region                         339          112          228
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0 
 Male                                          67.7         68.7         67.2
 Female                                        32.3         31.3         32.8

Cordillera Administrative Region                158           66           92
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          62.9         59.4         65.4
 Female                                        37.1         40.6         34.6

I - Ilocos Region                               265          189           76
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0 
 Male                                          71.8         68.8         79.3
 Female                                        28.2         31.2         20.7

II - Cagayan Valley                             279          190           89
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0 
 Male                                          70.7         68.0         76.4
 Female                                        29.3         32.0         23.6

III - Central Luzon                             356          215          141
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0 
 Male                                          67.2         65.8         69.2
 Female                                        32.8         34.2         30.8

IV-A  CALABARZON                                665          374          291
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          66.4         66.2         66.6
 Female                                        33.6         33.8         33.4

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(Table 14 - Continued) 

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                                                    |     Worked |     Worked
Region and Sex                                Total |  Less than |   40 hours
                                                    |   40 hours*|   and Over
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IV-B  MIMAROPA                                  327          238           90
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
 Male                                          67.7         65.9         72.2
 Female                                        32.3         34.1         27.8

V - Bicol Region                                720          478          243
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0 
 Male                                          72.4         72.0         73.2
 Female                                        27.6         28.0         26.8

VI - Western Visayas                            669          486          183
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	 
 Male                                          69.7         67.6         75.1
 Female                                        30.3         32.4         24.9

VII - Central Visayas                           335          202          133
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	 
 Male                                          69.0         66.4         72.9
 Female                                        31.0         33.6         27.1

VIII - Eastern Visayas                          368          250          118
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
 Male                                          70.7         68.6         75.0
 Female                                        29.3         31.4         25.0

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                        292          189          103
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	 
 Male                                          71.5         69.0         76.2
 Female                                        28.5         31.0         23.8

X - Northern Mindanao                           511          307          204
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
 Male                                          66.6         61.6         74.2
 Female                                        33.4         38.4         25.8

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(Table 14 - Concluded) 

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                                                    |     Worked |     Worked
Region and Sex                                Total |  Less than |   40 hours
                                                    |   40 hours*|   and Over
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XI - Davao Region                               290          177          113
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
 Male                                          75.5         71.1         82.3
 Female                                        24.5         28.9         17.7

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                              338          229          109
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          72.4         68.4         81.0
 Female                                        27.6         31.6         19.0

Caraga                                          230          150           79
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          75.8         74.6         78.1
 Female                                        24.2         25.4         21.9

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao            226          174           52
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          70.6         69.1         75.7
 Female                                        29.4         30.9         24.3

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Note:    * Includes persons with a job but not at work.

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  August 25, 2010
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