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

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