TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL: JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 1999
          (Values are in thousands. 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 Underemployed (In thousands)  5,986    21.6    5,837    21.0   5,803    20.8   6,701    23.7   6,269    22.1

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours             3,290    11.9    3,330    12.0   3,036    10.9   3,567    12.6   3,433    12.1
      40 hours and over              2,696     9.7    2,507     9.0   2,767     9.9   3,134    11.1   2,835    10.0

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed                2,241    17.7    2,181    17.1   2,195    17.3   2,665    20.6   2,410    18.6

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours             1,034     8.2      973     7.6     943     7.4   1,203     9.3   1,117     8.6
      40 hours and over              1,207     9.5    1,208     9.4   1,253     9.9   1,463    11.3   1,293    10.0

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed                3,746    24.9    3,656    24.3   3,608    23.8   4,035    26.3   3,859    25.1

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours             2,256    15.0    2,357    15.7   2,093    13.8   2,364    15.4   2,317    15.0
      40 hours and over              1,490     9.9    1,299     8.6   1,514    10.0   1,671    10.9   1,542    10.0

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