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

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                                                   |      July |      July
Selected Indicators                                |      2008 |      2007
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
   Number (in thousands)                                 7,275       7,327 

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                    100.0       100.0	  
Worked less than 40 hours                                 55.8        50.9
Worked 40 hours and over                                  42.7        48.1
Did not work                                               1.5         1.0

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                    100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                               46.9        44.4
Industry                                                  14.9        15.3
Services                                                  38.2        40.3

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                    2,750       2,824

AGE GROUP
Total                                                    100.0       100.0	
15 - 24                                                   51.8        51.1
25 - 34                                                   28.5        28.7
35 - 44                                                    9.3        10.4
45 - 54                                                    6.4         6.0
55 - 64                                                    3.2         3.3
65 and Over                                                0.7         0.6

       MALE                                               61.7        62.1
       FEMALE                                             38.3        37.9

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total                                                    100.0       100.0	 
No Grade Completed                                         0.6         0.8
Elementary                                                13.7        14.3
   Undergraduate                                           6.3         6.8
   Graduate                                                7.4         7.5
High School                                               45.5        45.5
   Undergraduate                                          11.3        14.1
   Graduate                                               34.1        31.4
College                                                   40.3        39.4
   Undergraduate                                          20.8        19.9
   Graduate                                               19.5        19.5

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Notes:    Estimates for July 2008 are preliminary and subject to change
          Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

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

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