TABLE 14   Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons Wanting More
           Hours of Work 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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                                                    |     Worked |     Worked
Region and Sex                                Total |  Less than |   40 hours
                                                    |   40 hours*|   and Over
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Philippines                                   6,029        3,841        2,187 
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
Male                                           71.9         70.2         74.8
Female                                         28.1         29.8         25.2

National Capital Region                         461          197          264
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
Male                                           65.7         62.7         67.9
Female                                         34.3         37.3         32.1

Cordillera Administrative Region                153           63           90
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
Male                                           60.1         50.0         67.2
Female                                         39.9         50.0         32.8

I - Ilocos Region                               331          232          100
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           71.3         66.4         82.6
Female                                         28.7         33.6         17.4

II - Cagayan Valley                             225          154           71
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
Male                                           68.9         65.5         76.4
Female                                         31.1         34.5         23.6

III - Central Luzon                             225          147           78
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0	
Male                                           77.4         77.8         76.7
Female                                         22.6         22.2         23.3

IV-A - CALABARZON                               659          392          267
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           70.8         72.2         68.8
Female                                         29.2         27.8         31.2

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(Table 14 - Continued) 

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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                                   271          184           87
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           71.6         68.6         78.0
Female                                         28.4         31.4         22.0

V - Bicol Region                                626          423          203
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           74.2         72.9         77.0
Female                                         25.8         27.1         23.0

VI - Western Visayas                            638          473          165
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0 
Male                                           72.8         71.1         77.7
Female                                         27.2         28.9         22.3

VII - Central Visayas                           382          210          172
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           70.2         66.7         74.5
Female                                         29.8         33.3         25.5

VIII - Eastern Visayas                          432          279          153
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0 
Male                                           75.5         75.5         75.4
Female                                         24.5         24.5         24.6

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                        293          206           87
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           73.0         72.5         74.2
Female                                         27.0         27.4         25.8

X - Northern Mindanao                           398          244          153
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0 
Male                                           66.6         62.6         73.1
Female                                         33.4         37.4         26.9

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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                               280          180          101
Number (in thousands)

Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           78.2         74.7         84.5
Female                                         21.8         25.3         15.5

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                              310          197          113
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           75.4         73.7         78.3
Female                                         24.6         26.3         21.7

Caraga                                          189          132           57
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           77.1         74.3         83.6
Female                                         22.9         25.7         16.4

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao            154          128           26
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0        100.0        100.0  
Male                                           72.5         70.0         84.8
Female                                         27.5         30.0         15.2

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

Source:  National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  July 12, 2010
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