TABLE 8  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Sex and Major Occupation Group:
         January 2009
        (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                                       34,262       575      4,577     3,922     3,953        21,234     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               13.2       8.9        8.1       7.4       8.5          16.4     51.8
Professionals                                        4.7       1.8        0.9       1.0       1.0           7.0     41.2
Technicians and associate professionals              2.7       2.8        2.8       2.0       1.4           3.0     38.1
Clerks                                               5.2       2.1        0.8       1.4       0.9           7.7     45.0
Service workers and shop and market sales workers   10.5       5.7        7.4       6.2       5.6          13.1     47.5
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen            17.3      26.6       27.1      31.7      33.4           9.2     31.8
Trades and related workers                           7.5      11.8        5.0       5.9       5.6           8.6     41.8
Plant and machine operators and assemblers           6.6       3.8        1.7       3.3       4.6           8.8     50.1
Laborers and unskilled workers                      31.9      35.6       46.0      40.8      38.9          25.8     37.5
Special occupations                                  0.4       0.8        0.2       0.2       0.2           0.5     47.4

Male                                              20,989       398      2,486     2,454     2,709        12,942     40.7
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               10.1       7.9        7.5       6.3       7.1          12.0     47.5
Professionals                                        2.4       0.8        0.8       0.6       0.6           3.5     42.0
Technicians and associate professionals              2.0       1.5        1.7       1.4       1.0           2.4     40.2
Clerks                                               3.2       1.7        0.8       0.9       0.5           4.7     45.0
Service workers and shop and market sales workers    8.5       4.4        4.9       3.7       3.4          11.3     49.0
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen            24.3      34.0       37.2      41.1      43.8          14.3     33.1
Trades and related workers                           9.5      13.2        5.8       5.9       4.8          11.8     43.1
Plant and machine operators and assemblers          10.0       4.7        3.0       4.9       6.1          13.3     50.5
Laborers and unskilled workers                      29.4      30.7       38.3      35.0      32.5          25.9     37.5
Special occupations                                  0.6       1.2        0.2       0.3       0.2           0.8     48.7

Female                                            13,272       177      2,091     1,468     1,244         8,291     42.1
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               18.2      11.1        9.0       9.4      11.6          23.2     55.7
Professionals                                        8.3       4.1        1.1       1.8       1.8          12.4     40.8
Technicians and associate professionals              3.8       5.7        4.2       3.0       2.3           4.0     36.3
Clerks                                               8.3       3.0        0.9       2.1       1.8          12.4     45.1
Service workers and shop and market sales workers   13.7       8.8       10.3      10.3      10.2          15.8     46.0
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen             6.0      10.2       15.1      16.1      10.6           1.2     23.2
Trades and related workers                           4.3       8.7        4.0       5.9       7.5           3.6     37.0
Plant and machine operators and assemblers           1.3       1.8        0.2       0.7       1.2           1.7     45.5
Laborers and unskilled workers                      35.8      46.7       55.1      50.5      52.8          25.6     37.5
Special occupations                                  0.1        -         0.1       0.1       0.2           0.1     38.6

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Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2009 Labor Force Survey

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