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

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                                                    |   October |   October
Selected Indicators                                 |      2008 |      2007
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                     6,028       6,109

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                     100.0       100.0		
Worked less than 40 hours                                  61.8        58.4
Worked 40 hours and over                                   36.3        40.1
Did not work                                                1.9         1.5

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                     100.0       100.0	  
Agriculture                                                48.8        48.6
Industry                                                   15.2        14.3
Services                                                   36.0        37.0

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                     2,525       2,246

AGE GROUP
Total                                                     100.0       100.0		
15 - 24                                                    52.0        51.0
25 - 34                                                    27.2        29.0
35 - 44                                                     9.9         9.8
45 - 54                                                     6.7         6.3
55 - 64                                                     3.5         3.3
65 and Over                                                 0.6         0.6

       MALE                                                63.2        63.4
       FEMALE                                              36.8        36.6

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total                                                     100.0       100.0		  
No Grade Completed                                          0.5         0.7
Elementary                                                 13.4        13.7
   Undergraduate                                            6.1         6.1
   Graduate                                                 7.3         7.6
High School                                                45.1        46.2
   Undergraduate                                           12.2        13.0
   Graduate                                                32.9        33.2
College                                                    41.0        39.4
   Undergraduate                                           22.1        21.6
   Graduate                                                18.9        17.8

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

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

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