TABLE 9  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked, by Region and Sex: April 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                                  34,997       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		   
 Male                                          61.3      48.5       53.1      62.3      68.7          62.0    39.3
 Female                                        38.7      51.5       46.9      37.7      31.3          38.0    40.4

National Capital Region                       4,043        54        203       280       310         3,196    47.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			  
 Male                                          56.8      38.1       46.4      61.6      57.1          57.3    47.1
 Female                                        43.2      61.9       53.6      38.4      42.9          42.7    48.4

Cordillera Administrative Region                685        18         71        71       101           424    40.7
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                          58.3      32.3       56.6      47.1      55.4          62.2    41.0
 Female                                        41.7      67.7       43.4      52.9      44.6          37.8    40.2

I - Ilocos Region                             1,858        28        229       258       266         1,077    38.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		   
 Male                                          64.5      37.2       53.8      61.2      71.5          66.5    39.1
 Female                                        35.5      62.8       46.2      38.8      28.5          33.5    38.7

II - Cagayan Valley                           1,447        31        193       219       241           764    37.4
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0			 
 Male                                          63.6      49.9       54.2      60.4      67.5          66.3    37.5
 Female                                        36.4      50.1       45.8      39.6      32.5          33.7    37.1

III - Central Luzon                           3,570        62        276       362       454         2,416    42.5
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0		 
 Male                                          63.6      38.6       57.6      60.1      70.6          64.1    42.0
 Female                                        36.4      61.4       42.4      39.9      29.4          35.9    43.3

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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                              4,253        94        481       520       477         2,681    43.2
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0 
 Male                                          58.2      46.6       50.0      57.2      65.8          59.0    42.6
 Female                                        41.8      53.4       50.0      42.8      34.2          41.0    43.9

IV-B  MIMAROPA                                1,193        57        279       221       157           480    33.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	   
 Male                                          60.2      45.8       51.0      62.5      72.0          62.4    34.1
 Female                                        39.8      54.2       49.0      37.5      28.0          37.6    33.5

V - Bicol Region                              2,042       108        486       333       258           858    35.0
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                          63.2      58.7       59.3      64.6      70.9          63.0    34.3
 Female                                        36.8      41.3       40.7      35.4      29.1          37.0    36.3

VI - Western Visayas                          2,911        66        647       499       358         1,340    35.6
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0
 Male                                          60.7      50.0       56.2      65.4      67.9          59.7    34.6
 Female                                        39.3      50.0       43.8      34.6      32.1          40.3    37.1

VII - Central Visayas                         2,639        40        448       392       330         1,430    38.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	   
 Male                                          58.5      55.9       46.5      63.7      69.8          58.3    38.6
 Female                                        41.5      44.1       53.5      36.3      30.2          41.7    39.4

VIII - Eastern Visayas                        1,710        39        411       280       206           774    35.5
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                          61.6      51.2       56.7      65.2      69.5          61.3    34.5
 Female                                        38.4      48.8       43.3      34.8      30.5          38.7    37.2

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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                      1,380        32        182       191       247           728    38.9
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                          63.3      58.1       46.0      59.8      70.1          66.5    39.5
 Female                                        36.7      41.9       54.0      40.2      29.9          33.5    37.9

X - Northern Mindanao                         1,821        68        359       276       231           886    36.8
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	
 Male                                          58.8      41.4       50.1      60.2      67.2          61.0    36.9
 Female                                        41.2      58.6       49.9      39.8      32.8          39.0    36.6

XI - Davao Region                             1,708        48        229       241       233           957    39.8
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	 
 Male                                          64.7      53.0       54.5      65.3      72.4          65.8    39.4
 Female                                        35.3      47.0       45.5      34.7      27.6          34.2    40.5

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                            1,611        51        333       249       256           722    36.6
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	
 Male                                          64.2      52.1       55.4      70.9      73.8          63.5    36.0
 Female                                        35.8      47.9       44.6      29.1      26.2          36.5    37.8

Caraga                                          996        35        200       159       128           473    37.3
Number (in thousands)

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0 
 Male                                          62.8      59.2       54.6      63.7      66.5          65.2    37.4
 Female                                        37.2      40.8       45.4      36.3      33.5          34.8    37.1

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao          1,130         7         88       175       242           618    39.3

Total                                         100.0     100.0      100.0     100.0     100.0         100.0	  
 Male                                          70.8      28.6       41.1      59.2      76.9          76.4    40.4
 Female                                        29.2      71.4       58.9      40.8      23.1          23.6    36.7

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Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2009 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  June 29, 2010
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