TABLE 8  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Sex and Major Occupation Group:
         October 2008
        (In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                           |         |             Total Hours Worked             |   Mean
Sex and Major Occupation Group                       Total | Did Not |--------------------------------------------|  Hours
                                                           |  Worked | Under 20 | 20 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 and Over | Worked
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Philippines                                         34,533       400      4,292     3,801     4,118        21,922     41.6	
Number (in thousands)

Total                                                100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
Officials of government and special interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers,
managing proprietors, and supervisors                 12.5       8.9        7.1       6.7       7.6          15.5     52.7
Professionals                                          4.6       3.6        0.9       0.9       1.2           6.6     41.4
Technicians and associate professionals                2.6       3.1        2.7       1.6       1.4           2.9     38.9
Clerks                                                 5.0       2.5        1.1       1.0       0.9           7.4     44.9
Service workers and shop and market sales workers     10.0       6.6        7.2       6.3       5.2          12.1     47.4
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen              17.7      24.3       27.0      32.5      33.5          10.3     32.9
Trades and related workers                             7.9      10.6        5.2       5.4       5.8           9.2     42.4
Plant and machine operators and assemblers             6.8       4.5        1.9       3.0       4.1           9.0     50.0
Laborers and unskilled workers                        32.5      35.7       46.7      42.4      40.0          26.6     38.1
Special occupations                                    0.4       0.2        0.3       0.3       0.3           0.5     44.5

Male                                                21,276       260      2,254     2,320     2,862        13,580     41.3
Number (in thousands)

Total                                                100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	  
Officials of government and special interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers,
managing proprietors, and supervisors                  9.4       6.3        6.8       5.5       6.6          11.2     48.1
Professionals                                          2.3       1.1        0.9       0.6       0.5           3.2     41.9
Technicians and associate professionals                2.1       2.3        1.9       1.3       1.0           2.5     40.8
Clerks                                                 2.9       0.9        0.9       0.7       0.4           4.2     44.6
Service workers and shop and market sales workers      8.0       3.9        4.6       4.5       3.1          10.3     48.6
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen              24.8      33.0       35.5      41.9      44.3          15.9     34.5
Trades and related workers                            10.1      12.7        6.0       5.7       5.5          12.5     43.6
Plant and machine operators and assemblers             9.9       6.0        3.5       4.8       5.6          12.8     50.2
Laborers and unskilled workers                        29.9      33.6       39.6      34.7      32.6          26.8     38.5
Special occupations                                    0.6       0.2        0.4       0.3       0.3           0.8     46.4

Female                                              13,257       140      2,038     1,480     1,256         8,342     42.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                                100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	   
Officials of government and special interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers,
managing proprietors, and supervisors                 17.3      13.6        7.5       8.5       9.8          22.5     56.9
Professionals                                          8.2       8.3        0.8       1.3       2.6          12.1     41.2
Technicians and associate professionals                3.3       4.6        3.6       2.1       2.3           3.6     36.9
Clerks                                                 8.5       5.6        1.3       1.4       1.8          12.5     45.1
Service workers and shop and market sales workers     13.1      11.6       10.1       9.2      10.0          15.1     46.2
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen               6.4       8.2       17.5      17.6       9.0           1.2     22.7
Trades and related workers                             4.3       6.6        4.3       4.9       6.7           3.8     38.1
Plant and machine operators and assemblers             1.9       1.7        0.1       0.2       0.6           2.8     47.5
Laborers and unskilled workers                        36.9      39.8       54.6      54.5      57.0          26.3     37.5
Special occupations                                    0.1        -         0.3       0.1       0.3           0.1     28.6

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Source:  National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey

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