TABLE 7.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED DURING THE PAST WEEK, URBAN AND RURAL: JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 1999
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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            NUMBER OF                 Jan 1998        Apr 1998        Jul 1998        Oct 1998        Jan 1999
           HOURS WORKED            Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent
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        PHILIPPINES

 Total Employed (In thousands)     27,689   100.0   27,837   100.0  27,856   100.0  28,262   100.0  28,368   100.0

  At Work                          27,265    98.5   27,000    97.0  27,551    98.9  27,861    98.6  27,931    98.5
     Worked less than 40 hours      9,687    35.0    9,655    34.7   9,419    33.8  10,085    35.7   9,899    34.9
         Less than 20 hours         2,964    10.7    3,094    11.1   2,702     9.7   3,208    11.4   3,158    11.1
                 20 - 29 hours      3,157    11.4    3,260    11.7   3,096    11.1   3,337    11.8   3,143    11.1
                 30 - 39 hours      3,566    12.9    3,301    11.9   3,621    13.0   3,540    12.5   3,598    12.7
     Worked 40 hours and over      17,578    63.5   17,345    62.3  18,132    65.1  17,776    62.9  18,032    63.6
  With a job, not at work             424     1.5      836     3.0     305     1.1     400     1.4     435     1.5

     URBAN

     Total Employed                12,658   100.0   12,790   100.0  12,680   100.0  12,947   100.0  12,963   100.0

  At Work                          12,477    98.6   12,423    97.1  12,541    98.9  12,755    98.5  12,769    98.5
     Worked less than 40 hours      2,808    22.2    2,710    21.2   2,756    21.7   3,118    24.1   2,951    22.8
         Less than 20 hours           849     6.7      836     6.5     801     6.3     989     7.6     925     7.1
                 20 - 29 hours        918     7.3      900     7.0     924     7.3   1,053     8.1     961     7.4
                 30 - 39 hours      1,041     8.2      974     7.6   1,031     8.1   1,076     8.3   1,065     8.2
     Worked 40 hours and over       9,669    76.4    9,713    75.9   9,785    77.2   9,637    74.4   9,818    75.7
  With a job, not at work             181     1.4      368     2.9     139     1.1     191     1.5     194     1.5

       RURAL

     Total Employed                15,031   100.0   15,046   100.0  15,176   100.0  15,315   100.0  15,405   100.0

  At Work                          14,789    98.4   14,578    96.9  15,010    98.9  15,106    98.6  15,163    98.4
     Worked less than 40 hours      6,880    45.8    6,946    46.2   6,663    43.9   6,967    45.5   6,949    45.1
         Less than 20 hours         2,116    14.1    2,259    15.0   1,901    12.5   2,219    14.5   2,234    14.5
                 20 - 29 hours      2,239    14.9    2,360    15.7   2,172    14.3   2,284    14.9   2,182    14.2
                 30 - 39 hours      2,525    16.8    2,327    15.5   2,590    17.1   2,464    16.1   2,533    16.4
     Worked 40 hours and over       7,909    52.6    7,632    50.7   8,347    55.0   8,139    53.1   8,214    53.3
  With a job, not at work             243     1.6      468     3.1     166     1.1     209     1.4     241     1.6

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