TABLE 2  Underemployed Persons by Hours Worked and Industry, and Unemployed
         Persons by Age Group,Sex and Highest  Grade Completed, Philippines:
         January 2008 and January 2009
        (In percent)

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                                                    |   January |   January
Selected Indicators                                 |      2009 |      2008
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                     6,238       6,368

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
Worked less than 40 hours                                  60.8        61.2
Worked 40 hours and over                                   36.1        36.8
Did not work                                                3.1         2.0

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                                47.0        49.3
Industry                                                   15.1        14.9
Services                                                   37.9        35.8

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                     2,855       2,675

AGE GROUP
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
15 - 24                                                    49.2        49.6
25 - 34                                                    30.3        29.7
35 - 44                                                     9.6        10.3
45 - 54                                                     6.7         6.6
55 - 64                                                     3.5         3.2
65 and Over                                                 0.7         0.6

       MALE                                                64.1        65.1
       FEMALE                                              35.9        34.9

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
No Grade Completed                                          0.4         0.4
Elementary                                                 14.4        14.8
   Undergraduate                                            6.4         6.7
   Graduate                                                 8.0         8.0
High School                                                44.7        46.3
   Undergraduate                                           12.0        12.8
   Graduate                                                32.7        33.5
College                                                    40.5        38.6
   Undergraduate                                           22.2        20.6
   Graduate                                                18.3        18.0

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Notes:    Estimates for January 2009 are preliminary and subject to change.
          Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2008 and January 2009 Labor Force Survey

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