TABLE 9  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Region and Sex: October 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                                  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	  
Male                                           61.6      65.0       52.5      61.1      69.5          61.9     41.3
Female                                         38.4      35.0       47.5      38.9      30.5          38.1     42.2

National Capital Region                       4,078        24        141       167       214         3,532     49.5
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		  
Male                                           57.2      68.5       48.6      57.4      55.4          57.6     49.0
Female                                         42.8      31.5       51.4      42.6      44.6          42.4     50.2

Cordillera Administrative Region                675         4         66        65        96           445     40.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
Male                                           60.0      48.0       48.3      48.8      57.5          64.0     41.5
Female                                         40.0      52.0       51.7      51.2      42.5          36.0     39.5

I - Ilocos Region                             1,812        14        245       220       278         1,055     39.0
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
Male                                           64.1      65.6       53.6      58.8      67.4          66.7     39.3
Female                                         35.9      34.4       46.4      41.2      32.6          33.3     38.0

II - Cagayan Valley                           1,342        14        198       163       216           751     38.3
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
Male                                           64.2      65.7       57.6      61.2      65.2          66.2     38.4
Female                                         35.8      34.3       42.4      38.8      34.8          33.8     38.1

III - Central Luzon                           3,478        21        223       271       393         2,571     44.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			 
Male                                           64.3      63.3       54.8      65.7      71.9          63.8     44.2
Female                                         35.7      36.7       45.2      34.3      28.1          36.2     46.2

IV-A - CALABARZON                             4,240        51        336       377       421         3,055     45.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			
Male                                           58.4      63.1       51.7      59.5      69.7          57.4     44.4
Female                                         41.6      36.9       48.3      40.5      30.3          42.6     46.3

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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                               1,149        27        249       162       149           562     35.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		  
Male                                           62.4      62.3       52.0      60.1      72.6          64.9     36.1
Female                                         37.6      37.7       48.0      39.9      27.4          35.1     33.6

V - Bicol Region                              2,004        70        382       303       289           960     36.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
Male                                           63.1      65.1       52.5      63.2      72.2          64.3     36.8
Female                                         36.9      34.9       47.5      36.8      27.8          35.7     36.7

VI - Western Visayas                          2,850        12        477       444       311         1,606     38.6
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		  
Male                                           61.4      60.5       53.2      63.6      74.2          60.7     38.0
Female                                         38.6      39.5       46.8      36.4      25.8          39.3     39.4

VII - Central Visayas                         2,699        11        386       312       343         1,648     41.0
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		 
Male                                           57.7      57.1       48.7      53.9      63.0          59.5     40.7
Female                                         42.3      42.9       51.3      46.1      37.0          40.5     41.4

VIII - Eastern Visayas                        1,621        22        282       237       196           885     39.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		 
Male                                           64.4      70.8       57.0      68.7      74.4          63.3     38.2
Female                                         35.6      29.2       43.0      31.3      25.6          36.7     40.9

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                      1,381        24        220       183       196           757     39.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		  
Male                                           61.3      72.9       50.3      60.1      66.7          63.0     39.1
Female                                         38.7      27.1       49.7      39.9      33.3          37.0     39.3

X - Northern Mindanao                         1,871        35        300       213       232         1,090     40.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		 
Male                                           59.0      52.6       46.7      53.9      72.8          60.7     40.5
Female                                         41.0      47.4       53.3      46.1      27.2          39.3     39.8

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(Table 9 - Concluded) 

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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                             1,740        27        203       178       216         1,115     41.5
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	   
Male                                           63.8      65.3       55.3      63.5      66.5          64.8     41.0
Female                                         36.2      34.7       44.7      36.5      33.5          35.2     42.4

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                            1,540        31        291       223       223           772     37.3
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		
Male                                           66.4      78.4       59.4      66.5      78.3          65.2     37.2
Female                                         33.6      21.6       40.6      33.5      21.7          34.8     37.4

Caraga                                          943        14        173       131       128           497     38.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		
Male                                           63.0      66.4       54.1      62.1      72.0          64.0     38.3
Female                                         37.0      33.6       45.9      37.9      28.0          36.0     39.3

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao          1,109         1        119       155       213           621     39.5
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		  
Male                                           71.3      34.6       41.6      60.3      75.9          78.2     41.1
Female                                         28.7      65.4       58.4      39.7      24.1          21.8     35.5

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Source:  National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  July 12, 2010
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