TABLE 14  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons Wanting More
          Hours of Work 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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                                                    |     Worked |     Worked
Region and Sex                                Total |  Less than |   40 hours
                                                    |   40 hours*|   and Over
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Philippines                                   6,625        4,025        2,599 
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          70.0         68.2         72.9
 Female                                        30.0         31.8         27.1

National Capital Region                         542          195          347
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          63.7         59.0         66.3
 Female                                        36.3         41.0         33.7

Cordillera Administrative Region                133           54           78
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          60.4         50.0         67.6
 Female                                        39.6         50.0         32.4

I - Ilocos Region                               298          210           88
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          69.6         67.4         74.9
 Female                                        30.4         32.6         25.1

II - Cagayan Valley                             235          162           73
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          71.0         70.7         71.4
 Female                                        29.0         29.3         28.6

III - Central Luzon                             299          201           98
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          71.0         69.0         75.2
 Female                                        29.0         31.0         24.8

IV-A  CALABARZON                                623          340          283
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0
 Male                                          70.0         66.0         74.8
 Female                                        30.0         34.0         25.2

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                                                    |     Worked |     Worked
Region and Sex                                Total |  Less than |   40 hours
                                                    |   40 hours*|   and Over
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IV-B  MIMAROPA                                  330          230           99
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
 Male                                          66.3         64.1         71.3
 Female                                        33.7         35.9         28.7

V - Bicol Region                                781          519          262
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          73.4         71.4         77.2
 Female                                        26.6         28.6         22.8

VI - Western Visayas                            581          427          154
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          74.3         73.3         77.0
 Female                                        25.7         26.7         23.0

VII - Central Visayas                           409          233          176
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0 
 Male                                          66.6         65.4         68.3
 Female                                        33.4         34.6         31.7

VIII - Eastern Visayas                          470          306          164
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
 Male                                          69.4         69.2         69.7
 Female                                        30.6         30.8         30.3

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                        264          133          131
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          75.2         75.9         74.4
 Female                                        24.8         24.1         25.6

X - Northern Mindanao                           472          281          191
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          67.3         62.7         74.2
 Female                                        32.7         37.3         25.8

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(Table 14 - Concluded) 

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                                                    |     Worked |     Worked
Region and Sex                                Total |  Less than |   40 hours
                                                    |   40 hours*|   and Over
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XI - Davao Region                               408          235          172
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
 Male                                          71.5         69.4         74.4
 Female                                        28.5         30.6         25.6

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                              368          239          129
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
 Male                                          72.2         69.1         78.0
 Female                                        27.8         30.9         22.0

Caraga                                          289          179          110
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	 
 Male                                          70.1         69.1         71.5
 Female                                        29.9         30.9         28.5

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao            122           80           43
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
 Male                                          76.4         71.7         85.2
 Female                                        23.6         28.3         14.8

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Note:    * Includes persons with a job but not at work. 

Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  August 24, 2010
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