TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL: JANUARY 1997 TO JANUARY 1998
          (Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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            NUMBER OF                      Jan 1997               Apr 1997             Jul 1997              Oct 1997              Jan 1998
           HOURS WORKED                Number     Percent    Number     Percent    Number     Percent    Number     Percent    Number     Percent
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            PHILIPPINES

 Total Underemployed (In thousands)     5,755       21.1      6,577       23.4      6,348       23.1      5,805       20.8      6,004       21.7

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                3,006       11.0      3,321       11.8      2,866       10.4      2,932       10.5      3,287       11.9
      40 hours and over                 2,750       10.1      3,256       11.6      3,482       12.6      2,873       10.3      2,717        9.8

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed                   2,096       16.9      2,572       20.2      2,395       19.1      2,149       16.9      2,247       17.8

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                  924        7.4      1,028        8.1        862        6.9        887        7.0      1,032        8.2
      40 hours and over                 1,172        9.4      1,545       12.1      1,533       12.2      1,262        9.9      1,215        9.6

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed                   3,659       24.5      4,004       26.1      3,952       26.3      3,656       24.1      3,757       25.0

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                2,081       14.0      2,293       14.9      2,004       13.4      2,045       13.4      2,255       15.0
      40 hours and over                 1,578       10.6      1,711       11.1      1,948       13.0      1,611       10.6      1,503        1.0

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