TABLE 8. EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL: APRIL 1998 TO APRIL 1999
(Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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            NUMBER OF                     Apr 1998            Jul 1998            Oct 1998            Jan 1999            Apr 1999
           HOURS WORKED                Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent
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            PHILIPPINES
 Total Underemployed (In thousands)     5,837      21.0     5,803      20.8     6,701      23.7     6,269      22.1     6,694      22.7
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                3,330      12.0     3,036      10.9     3,567      12.6     3,433      12.1     3,652      12.4
      40 hours and over                 2,507       9.0     2,767       9.9     3,134      11.1     2,835      10.0     3,042      10.3

            URBAN
  Total Underemployed                   2,181      17.1     2,195      17.3     2,665      20.6     2,410      18.6     2,658      20.0
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                  973       7.6       943       7.4     1,203       9.3     1,117       8.6     1,298       9.8
      40 hours and over                 1,208       9.4     1,253       9.9     1,463      11.3     1,293      10.0     1,361      10.2

            RURAL
  Total Underemployed                   3,656      24.3     3,608      23.8     4,035      26.3     3,859      25.1     4,035      24.9
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                2,357      15.7     2,093      13.8     2,364      15.4     2,317      15.0     2,354      14.5
      40 hours and over                 1,299       8.6     1,514      10.0     1,671      10.9     1,542      10.0     1,681      10.4

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