TABLE 8 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Sex and Major Occupation Group:
April 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 33,535 833 4,288 3,775 3,891 20,748 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 13.4 7.6 9.1 8.0 7.9 16.5 51.9
Professionals 4.4 32.8 2.2 1.5 1.1 4.8 39.7
Technicians and associate professionals 2.6 2.9 2.9 1.6 1.3 2.9 38.3
Clerks 5.0 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.2 7.4 44.8
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 10.0 4.5 7.0 6.6 6.2 12.2 47.5
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 17.0 18.9 26.5 30.7 31.6 9.7 32.4
Trades and related workers 8.0 6.9 5.2 6.0 5.5 9.5 42.6
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 6.6 3.8 1.7 3.0 4.4 8.8 50.0
Laborers and unskilled workers 32.7 20.9 44.3 41.2 40.6 27.7 38.2
Special occupations 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 47.2
Male 20,774 407 2,319 2,340 2,675 13,033 41.1
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 10.2 8.5 8.8 7.0 6.9 11.7 46.8
Professionals 2.2 11.5 1.3 0.8 0.6 2.7 40.7
Technicians and associate professionals 2.0 2.2 1.9 0.9 0.9 2.4 40.6
Clerks 3.0 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.8 4.3 44.6
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 8.0 3.5 4.4 4.4 3.6 10.4 48.8
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 23.5 32.4 35.4 38.8 41.8 14.7 34.0
Trades and related workers 10.1 10.6 6.0 6.3 5.1 12.6 43.7
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9.7 7.0 3.0 4.7 6.2 12.6 50.2
Laborers and unskilled workers 30.7 23.3 38.2 36.0 34.0 28.0 38.6
Special occupations 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 49.3
Female 12,762 426 1,969 1,435 1,216 7,715 42.3
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 18.6 6.8 9.4 9.8 10.2 24.5 56.3
Professionals 7.9 53.1 3.2 2.7 2.2 8.4 39.1
Technicians and associate professionals 3.5 3.6 4.1 2.6 2.2 3.7 36.2
Clerks 8.3 2.3 1.1 1.7 2.0 12.7 45.0
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 13.2 5.5 10.1 10.2 11.8 15.2 46.1
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 6.4 5.9 16.1 17.4 9.2 1.4 23.1
Trades and related workers 4.5 3.4 4.2 5.5 6.6 4.2 38.5
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.7 2.4 48.0
Laborers and unskilled workers 35.9 18.5 51.6 49.5 55.0 27.4 37.7
Special occupations 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 35.0
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Source: National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: August 24, 2010
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