TABLE 8. EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL: JANUARY 1996 TO JANUARY 1997
         (Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                                          Jan 1996            Apr 1996            Jul 1996            Oct 1996            Jan 1997
       NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED
                                       Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent
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             PHILIPPINES

 Total Underemployed (In thousands)      5,561      21.0     6,086      22.2     5,904      21.5     5,326      19.4     5,755      21.1

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                 2,891      10.9     3,596      13.1     2,919      10.6     2,763      10.1     3,006      11.0
      40 hours and over                  2,671      10.1     2,490       9.1     2,985      10.9     2,563       9.3     2,750      10.1

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed                    2,344      18.5     2,562      19.9     2,253      18.1     1,803      14.4     2,096      16.9

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                 1,056       8.4     1,408      10.9       931       7.5       773       6.2       924       7.4
      40 hours and over                  1,288      10.2     1,154       9.0     1,322      10.6     1,030       8.2     1,172       9.4

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed                    3,217      23.2     3,524      24.3     3,651      24.4     3,524      23.6     3,659      24.5

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                 1,835      13.2     2,188      15.1     1,987      13.3     1,991      13.3     2,081      14.0
      40 hours and over                  1,383      10.0     1,336       9.2     1,664      11.1     1,533      10.3     1,578      10.6

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Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines