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

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                                                    |     April |     April
Selected Indicators                                 |      2009 |      2008
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                     6,622       6,625

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
Worked less than 40 hours                                  62.6        57.5
Worked 40 hours and over                                   34.5        39.2
Did not work                                                2.9         3.2

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                                46.5        46.0
Industry                                                   14.5        15.5
Services                                                   38.9        38.4

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                     2,830       2,914

AGE GROUP
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
15 - 24                                                    50.6        51.2
25 - 34                                                    30.0        30.2
35 - 44                                                     9.5         9.5
45 - 54                                                     6.0         5.7
55 - 64                                                     3.3         2.7
65 and Over                                                 0.6         0.7

       MALE                                                61.5        62.4
       FEMALE                                              38.5        37.6

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
No Grade Completed                                          0.4         0.6
Elementary                                                 12.7        14.0
   Undergraduate                                            5.5         6.3
   Graduate                                                 7.2         7.7
High School                                                43.9        45.3
   Undergraduate                                           11.9        13.3
   Graduate                                                32.0        32.0
College                                                    43.0        40.0
   Undergraduate                                           22.0        21.1
   Graduate                                                20.9        19.0

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

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

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