TABLE 8  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Sex and Major Occupation Group:
         April 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

Philippines                                       34,997       838      5,115     4,725     4,493        19,824     39.8
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               13.3       7.4        8.7       7.2       8.8          17.3     50.5
Professionals                                        4.5      29.9        2.6       2.6       1.5           5.1     38.2
Technicians and associate professionals              2.6       4.0        3.1       2.1       1.5           2.8     35.9
Clerks                                               5.4       2.2        1.8       3.1       2.6           7.7     42.3
Service workers and shop and market sales workers   10.3       5.3        7.3       7.0       6.7          13.0     45.4
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen            17.0      17.7       25.5      27.8      29.4           9.3     31.1
Trades and related workers                           7.7       6.6        5.3       7.0       7.0           8.7     39.7
Plant and machine operators and assemblers           6.2       3.1        2.0       3.3       4.7           8.4     48.0
Laborers and unskilled workers                      32.5      23.3       43.6      39.8      37.6          27.2     36.5
Special occupations                                  0.4       0.4        0.1       0.2       0.2           0.6     46.4

Male                                              21,441       407      2,715     2,942     3,089        12,288     39.3
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               10.4       8.2        8.4       6.5       7.4          12.5     45.7
Professionals                                        2.3       9.5        1.4       1.3       0.8           3.0     39.6
Technicians and associate professionals              2.1       2.9        2.6       1.4       1.0           2.4     37.3
Clerks                                               3.3       1.6        1.3       2.2       1.5           4.6     42.3
Service workers and shop and market sales workers    8.3       4.1        4.8       4.5       4.2          11.2     46.8
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen            23.8      30.7       34.8      36.2      39.5          14.3     32.5
Trades and related workers                           9.8      10.0        6.3       8.0       6.9          11.8     40.9
Plant and machine operators and assemblers           9.3       6.3        3.5       4.7       6.3          12.5     48.4
Laborers and unskilled workers                      30.0      25.8       36.8      35.1      32.2          26.8     36.8
Special occupations                                  0.6       0.8        0.2       0.2       0.3           0.9     47.7

Female                                            13,555       432      2,400     1,783     1,405         7,536     40.4
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               18.0       6.6        9.0       8.2      11.8          25.0     54.8
Professionals                                        8.0      49.2        4.0       4.7       3.2           8.6     37.4
Technicians and associate professionals              3.4       5.0        3.7       3.2       2.4           3.4     34.4
Clerks                                               8.7       2.9        2.4       4.7       5.1          12.7     42.3
Service workers and shop and market sales workers   13.5       6.5       10.1      11.0      12.3          15.8     44.0
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen             6.1       5.5       14.9      14.0       7.3           1.2     22.2
Trades and related workers                           4.4       3.3        4.3       5.4       7.2           3.7     35.6
Plant and machine operators and assemblers           1.2       0.1        0.2       0.9       1.1           1.6     43.6
Laborers and unskilled workers                      36.6      21.0       51.3      47.7      49.5          27.8     36.1
Special occupations                                  0.1        -         0.1       0.1       0.1           0.1     36.4

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Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2009 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  June 29, 2010
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