TABLE 2  Underemployed Persons by Hours Worked and Industry, and Unemployed
         Persons by Age Group, Sex and Highest  Grade Completed, Philippines:
         January 2009 and January 2010	
        (In percent)

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                                                    |   January |   January
Selected Indicators                                 |      2010 |      2009
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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS
   Number (in thousands)                                  7,102       6,238

HOURS WORKED
Total                                                     100.0       100.0  
Worked less than 40 hours                                  57.0        60.8
Worked 40 hours and over                                   41.3        36.1
Did not work                                                1.8         3.1

INDUSTRY SECTOR
Total                                                     100.0       100.0 
Agriculture                                                46.7        47.0
Industry                                                   14.3        15.1
Services                                                   39.0        37.9
	
UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
   Number (in thousands)                                  2,829       2,854 

AGE GROUP
Total                                                     100.0       100.0	
15 - 24                                                    51.5        49.2
25 - 34                                                    29.1        30.3
35 - 44                                                     8.8         9.6
45 - 54                                                     6.4         6.7
55 - 64                                                     3.3         3.5
65 and Over                                                 0.8         0.7

       MALE                                                64.6        64.1
       FEMALE                                              35.4        35.9

HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Total                                                     100.0        100.0	
No Grade Completed                                          0.7          0.4
Elementary                                                 14.8         14.4 
   Undergraduate                                            7.3          6.4
   Graduate                                                 7.5          8.0
High School                                                46.7         44.7 
   Undergraduate                                           13.6         12.0
   Graduate                                                33.1         32.7
College                                                    37.8         40.5  
   Undergraduate                                           19.3         22.2
   Graduate                                                18.5         18.3

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Notes:    Estimates for January 2010 are preliminary and may change.
          Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Source:   National Statistics Office, January 2009 and January 2010 Labor Force Survey

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