TABLE 2  Underemployed Persons by Hours Worked and Industry, and Unemployed
         Persons by Age Group, Sex and Highest  Grade Completed, Philippines:
         April 2007 and April 2008
        (In percent)

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                                                   |     April |     April
Selected Indicators                                |      2008 |      2007
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
      Number (in thousands)                              6,626       6,378

  HOURS WORKED
      Total                                              100.0       100.0		
      Worked less than 40 hours                           57.5        65.3
      Worked 40 hours and over                            39.2        31.2
      Did not work                                         3.2         3.5

  INDUSTRY SECTOR
      Total                                              100.0       100.0	
      Agriculture                                         46.0        48.3
      Industry                                            15.5        16.5
      Services                                            38.5        35.2

  UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
      Number (in thousands)                              2,914       2,692

  AGE GROUP
      Total                                              100.0       100.0	  
      15 - 24                                             51.2        50.6
      25 - 34                                             30.2        29.1
      35 - 44                                              9.5        10.5
      45 - 54                                              5.7         6.4
      55 - 64                                              2.6         2.6
      65 and Over                                          0.7         0.7

 MALE                                                     62.5        64.3
 FEMALE                                                   37.5        35.7

 HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
      Total                                              100.0       100.0	   
      No Grade Completed                                   0.6         0.6
      Elementary                                          14.0        14.4
         Undergraduate                                     6.3         6.2
         Graduate                                          7.7         8.2
      High School                                         45.3        46.0
         Undergraduate                                    13.3        12.7
         Graduate                                         32.0        33.2
      College                                             40.0        39.0
         Undergraduate                                    21.1        20.3
         Graduate                                         18.9        18.7

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Note:    Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2007 and April 2008 Labor Force Survey

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