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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