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

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                                                           |   October |   October
Selected Indicators                                        |      2009 |      2008
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
   Number (in thousands)                                         6,875       6,029	  

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                            100.0       100.0	  
Worked less than 40 hours                                         59.4        61.8
Worked 40 hours and over                                          37.9        36.3
Did not work                                                       2.7         1.9

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                            100.0       100.0	  
Agriculture                                                       46.4        48.8
Industry                                                          15.0        15.2
Services                                                          38.5        36.0

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
   Number (in thousands)                                         2,719       2,525

AGE GROUP
Total                                                            100.0       100.0 
15 - 24                                                           50.3        52.0
25 - 34                                                           29.7        27.3
35 - 44                                                            9.8         9.9
45 - 54                                                            6.5         6.7
55 - 64                                                            3.0         3.5
65 and Over                                                        0.6         0.6

       MALE                                                       63.8        63.2
       FEMALE                                                     36.2        36.8

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total                                                            100.0       100.0	 
No Grade Completed                                                 0.5         0.5
Elementary                                                        12.6        13.4
   Undergraduate                                                   5.3         6.1
   Graduate                                                        7.3         7.3
High School                                                       47.2        45.1
   Undergraduate                                                  12.5        12.2
   Graduate                                                       34.7        32.9
College                                                           39.7        41.0
   Undergraduate                                                  21.7        22.1
   Graduate                                                       18.0        18.9

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

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

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