TABLE B   Unemployed andd Underemployed Persons by Selected
          Characteristics, Philippines: January 2007 and January 2008  

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                                           |   January |   January
Selected Indicators                        |      2008 |      2007
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                            6,370       7,214

HOURS WORKED

Total                                            100.0       100.0
Worked less than 40 hours                         61.2        57.7
Worked 40 hours and over                          36.8        40.1
Did not work                                       2.0         2.1

INDUSTRY SECTOR

Total                                            100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                       49.3        45.8
Industry                                          14.9        15.0
Services                                          35.8        39.2

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS

Number (in thousands)                            2,675       2,850

AGE GROUP

Total                                            100.0       100.0
15 - 24                                           49.6        48.8
25 - 34                                           29.8        28.3
35 - 44                                           10.3        11.2
45 - 54                                            6.5         7.3
55 - 64                                            3.2         3.6
65 and Over                                        0.6         0.8

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED

Total                                            100.0       100.0
No Grade Completed                                 0.4         0.7
Elementary                                        14.8        17.7
   Undergraduate                                   6.7         8.4
   Graduate                                        8.1         9.3
High School                                       46.3        46.5
   Undergraduate                                  12.8        13.5
   Graduate                                       33.5        32.9
College                                           38.6        35.2
   Undergraduate                                  20.6        18.9
   Graduate                                       18.0        16.2

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Notes:   Estimates for January 2008 are preliminary and subject to change.
         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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