TABLE 9  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Region and Sex: January 2009
        (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                                  34,262       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	 
 Male                                          61.3      69.2       54.3      62.6      68.5          61.0     40.7
 Female                                        38.7      30.8       45.7      37.4      31.5          39.0     42.1

National Capital Region                       4,059        54        149       175       240         3,441     50.0
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		  
 Male                                          56.4      71.5       48.7      56.4      61.3          56.2     49.4
 Female                                        43.6      28.5       51.3      43.6      38.7          43.8     50.7

Cordillera Administrative Region                677        13         64        52        92           456     41.4
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		
 Male                                          58.7      51.4       52.7      51.1      53.3          61.7     41.8
 Female                                        41.3      48.6       47.3      48.9      46.7          38.3     40.8

I - Ilocos Region                             1,866         9        282       266       274         1,035     38.0
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		
 Male                                          64.4      68.0       57.4      62.0      71.9          64.9     38.2
 Female                                        35.6      32.0       42.6      38.0      28.1          35.1     37.6

II - Cagayan Valley                         1,367        10        238       164       211           743       36.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	   
 Male                                          65.0      45.4       59.9      62.5      66.1          67.2     37.0
 Female                                        35.0      54.6       40.1      37.5      33.9          32.8     36.7

III - Central Luzon                           3,514        22        210       281       403         2,598     44.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	   
 Male                                          62.0      57.2       52.0      61.9      68.4          61.9     44.2
 Female                                        38.0      42.8       48.0      38.1      31.6          38.1     45.4

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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-A  CALABARZON                              4,222        53        414       414       405         2,936     44.5
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	   
 Male                                          58.7      66.9       54.8      59.4      63.5          58.4     43.6
 Female                                        41.3      33.1       45.2      40.6      36.5          41.6     45.8

IV-B  MIMAROPA                                1,169        47        245       183       163           532     35.0
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	   
 Male                                          60.7      63.7       51.1      62.3      67.9          62.0     35.4
 Female                                        39.3      36.3       48.9      37.7      32.1          38.0     34.4

V - Bicol Region                              1,978        81        375       299       253           970     37.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                          63.2      65.4       53.3      66.4      74.7          62.9     37.0
 Female                                        36.8      34.6       46.7      33.6      25.3          37.1     38.7

VI - Western Visayas                          2,842        21        531       443       282         1,565     38.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                          60.1      89.0       52.9      65.5      71.7          58.5     37.6
 Female                                        39.9      11.0       47.1      34.5      28.3          41.5     39.1

VII - Central Visayas                         2,611        22        367       326       316         1,580     40.8
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	   
 Male                                          57.6      71.8       53.1      57.4      61.3          57.7     40.2
 Female                                        42.4      28.2       46.9      42.6      38.7          42.3     41.6

VIII - Eastern Visayas                        1,573        39        313       227       162           831     37.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                          64.2      72.3       60.8      70.3      70.2          62.3     36.7
 Female                                        35.8      27.7       39.2      29.7      29.8          37.7     40.1

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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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IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                      1,323        40        214       186       205           678     37.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                          63.6      67.1       49.4      59.5      70.6          66.9     38.7
 Female                                        36.4      32.9       50.6      40.5      29.4          33.1     36.6

X - Northern Mindanao                         1,763        69        331       228       201           934     38.5
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	
 Male                                          59.1      69.2       49.5      58.7      67.4          60.0     38.5
 Female                                        40.9      30.8       50.5      41.3      32.6          40.0     38.5

XI - Davao Region                             1,643        33        246       203       200           960     40.1
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                          63.8      81.0       56.3      66.4      69.6          63.4     39.5
 Female                                        36.2      19.0       43.7      33.6      30.4          36.6     41.2

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                            1,579        23        286       223       207           840     38.3
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                          65.0      82.2       58.1      66.8      76.4          63.6     38.1
 Female                                        35.0      17.8       41.9      33.2      23.6          36.4     38.8

Caraga                                          979        39        212       125       123           480     37.4
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                          63.8      72.1       59.2      67.2      72.3          62.1     36.5
 Female                                        36.2      27.9       40.8      32.8      27.7          37.9     39.0

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao          1,096         1        100       126       215           654     40.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                          71.7      50.0       48.0      62.5      77.7          75.2     41.6
 Female                                        28.3      50.0       52.0      37.5      22.3          24.8     39.2

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Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2009 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  July 2, 2010
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