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

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                                                    |      July |      July
Selected Indicators                                 |      2009 |      2008
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS                                     7,034       7,293
Number (in thousands)

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
Worked less than 40 hours                                  54.5        55.8
Worked 40 hours and over                                   43.9        42.6
Did not work                                                1.6         1.5

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
Agriculture                                                44.1        46.9
Industry                                                   15.6        14.9
Services                                                   40.3        38.1

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
Number (in thousands)                                     2,922       2,749

AGE GROUP
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
15 - 24                                                    52.8        51.8
25 - 34                                                    28.0        28.5
35 - 44                                                     9.3         9.3
45 - 54                                                     6.1         6.4
55 - 64                                                     3.1         3.2
65 and Over                                                 0.7         0.7

       MALE                                                60.7        61.8
       FEMALE                                              39.3        38.2

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total                                                     100.0       100.0
No Grade Completed                                          0.5         0.6
Elementary                                                 13.4        13.6
   Undergraduate                                            6.3         6.3
   Graduate                                                 7.2         7.3
High School                                                44.9        45.5
   Undergraduate                                           12.0        11.4
   Graduate                                                33.0        34.1
College                                                    41.1        40.3
   Undergraduate                                           21.5        20.8
   Graduate                                                19.7        19.5

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

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

Page last updated:  September 15, 2009