TABLE 8. EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL: OCTOBER 1996 TO OCTOBER 1997

                                               (Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)
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         NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED                  Oct 1996            Jan 1997           Apr 1997             Jul 1997             Oct 1997
                                            Number    Percent   Number     Percent  Number    Percent   Number    Percent   Number     Percent
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              PHILIPPINES

 Total Underemployed (In thousands)         5,326      19.4     5,755      21.1     6,577      23.4     6,348      23.1     5,805      20.8

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                    2,763      10.1     3,006      11.0     3,321      11.8     2,866      10.4     2,932      10.5
      40 hours and over                     2,563       9.3     2,750      10.1     3,256      11.6     3,482      12.6     2,873      10.3

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed                       1,803      14.4     2,096      16.9     2,572      20.2     2,395      19.1     2,149      16.9

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                      773       6.2       924       7.4     1,028       8.1       862       6.9       887       7.0
      40 hours and over                     1,030       8.2     1,172       9.4     1,545      12.1     1,533      12.2     1,262       9.9

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed                       3,524      23.6     3,659      24.5     4,004      26.1     3,952      26.3     3,656      24.1

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                    1,991      13.3     2,081      14.0     2,293      14.9     2,004      13.4     2,045      13.4
      40 hours and over                     1,533      10.3     1,578      10.6     1,711      11.1     1,948      13.0     1,611      10.6
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Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        Household Statistics Department
        National Statistics Office
        Republic of the Philippines