TABLE 9  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Region and Sex: April 2008
        (In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                   |         |             Total Hours Worked             |   Mean
Region and Sex                               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
 Male                                         61.9      48.9       54.1      62.0      68.7          62.8     41.1
 Female                                       38.1      51.1       45.9      38.0      31.3          37.2     42.3	

National Capital Region                      4,005        78        173       172       211         3,372     49.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         55.9      56.4       46.8      50.5      57.9          56.6     49.3
 Female                                       44.1      43.6       53.2      49.5      42.1          43.4     50.3

Cordillera Administrative Region               647        19         40        56        86           446     41.6
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
 Male                                         59.5      29.2       49.7      50.3      51.9          64.2     42.5
 Female                                       40.5      70.8       50.3      49.7      48.1          35.8     40.4

I - Ilocos Region                            1,703        43        237       218       234           970     39.3
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		  
 Male                                         66.5      42.3       60.8      65.9      73.1          67.6     39.1
 Female                                       33.5      57.7       39.2      34.1      26.9          32.4     39.8

II - Cagayan Valley                          1,350        31        201       163       187           767     38.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         64.4      51.0       61.6      60.7      65.7          66.2     38.3
 Female                                       35.6      49.0       38.4      39.3      34.3          33.8     39.5

III - Central Luzon                          3,426        55        214       284       356         2,518     45.0
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
 Male                                         63.7      35.8       57.4      59.6      67.3          64.8     44.2
 Female                                       36.3      64.2       42.6      40.4      32.7          35.2     46.3

IV-A  CALABARZON                             4,007        78        325       381       351         2,872     45.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		  
 Male                                         59.4      41.9       49.5      60.9      70.0          59.5     44.6
 Female                                       40.6      58.1       50.5      39.1      30.0          40.5     46.2

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(Table 9 - Continued) 

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                                                   |         |             Total Hours Worked             |   Mean
Region and Sex                               Total | Did Not |--------------------------------------------|  Hours
                                                   |  Worked | Under 20 | 20 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 and Over | Worked
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IV-B  MIMAROPA                               1,128        48        262       189       127           501     34.5
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
 Male                                         61.9      52.6       52.9      65.9      68.8          64.2     34.6
 Female                                       38.1      47.4       47.1      34.1      31.2          35.8     34.3

V - Bicol Region                             2,019        87        414       318       278           923     36.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         64.3      53.4       53.8      68.0      71.6          66.6     36.7
 Female                                       35.7      46.6       46.2      32.0      28.4          33.4     37.2

VI - Western Visayas                         2,734        67        467       380       340         1,480     38.6
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
 Male                                         62.6      43.3       58.6      63.0      68.5          63.2     38.0
 Female                                       37.4      56.7       41.4      37.0      31.5          36.8     39.6

VII - Central Visayas                        2,568        39        368       318       322         1,521     40.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		  
 Male                                         58.9      55.5       50.0      54.3      68.5          60.2     40.7
 Female                                       41.1      44.5       50.0      45.7      31.5          39.8     40.7

VIII - Eastern Visayas                       1,604        50        256       240       220           837     39.3
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         63.2      53.1       50.4      67.6      70.7          64.4     38.9
 Female                                       36.8      46.9       49.6      32.4      29.3          35.6     40.2

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                     1,305        48        161       176       196           724     40.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         63.4      54.0       47.4      66.0      66.4          66.1     40.5
 Female                                       36.6      46.0       52.6      34.0      33.6          33.9     39.8

X - Northern Mindanao                        1,765        60        325       214       225           941     38.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         60.2      38.2       52.3      57.4      68.5          62.9     38.3
 Female                                       39.8      61.8       47.7      42.6      31.5          37.1     38.1

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(Table 9 - Continued) 

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                                                   |         |             Total Hours Worked             |   Mean
Region and Sex                               Total | Did Not |--------------------------------------------|  Hours
                                                   |  Worked | Under 20 | 20 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 and Over | Worked
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XI - Davao Region                            1,675        48        263       193       198           974     39.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         64.1      51.9       54.2      62.7      70.8          66.3     40.0
 Female                                       35.9      48.1       45.8      37.3      29.2          33.7     39.8

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                           1,547        51        325       227       187           757     37.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         64.4      67.8       60.5      66.5      70.8          63.5     36.6
 Female                                       35.6      32.2       39.5      33.5      29.2          36.5     38.2

Caraga                                         968        23        161       136       124           525     39.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         62.6      47.7       53.4      63.7      69.4          64.2     39.1
 Female                                       37.4      52.3       46.6      36.3      30.6          35.8     39.4

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao         1,084         9         97       109       249           621     40.6
Number (in thousands)

Total                                        100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                         72.3      37.3       49.2      61.9      76.5          76.5     41.4
 Female                                       27.7      62.7       50.8      38.1      23.5          23.5     38.7

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Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  August 24, 2010
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