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

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

 Total Employed (In thousands)    27,856   100.0   28,262   100.0   28,368   100.0   29,492   100.0   29,055   100.0
  At Work                         27,551    98.9   27,861    98.6   27,931    98.5   28,812    97.7   28,745    98.9
     Worked less than 40 hours     9,419    33.8   10,085    35.7    9,899    34.9   10,772    36.5   10,394    35.8
         Less than 20 hours        2,702     9.7    3,208    11.4    3,158    11.1    3,140    10.6    3,046    10.5
                 20 - 29 hours     3,096    11.1    3,337    11.8    3,143    11.1    3,594    12.2    3,347    11.5
                 30 - 39 hours     3,621    13.0    3,540    12.5    3,598    12.7    4,038    13.7    4,001    13.8
     Worked 40 hours and over     18,132    65.1   17,776    62.9   18,032    63.6   18,040    61.2   18,351    63.2
  With a job, not at work            305     1.1      400     1.4      435     1.5      680     2.3      310     1.1

     URBAN
     Total Employed               12,680   100.0   12,947   100.0   12,963   100.0   13,288   100.0   13,140   100.0
  At Work                         12,541    98.9   12,755    98.5   12,769    98.5   12,960    97.5   12,998    98.9
     Worked less than 40 hours     2,756    21.7    3,118    24.1    2,951    22.8    3,403    25.6    3,142    23.9
         Less than 20 hours          801     6.3      989     7.6      925     7.1      984     7.4      893     6.8
                 20 - 29 hours       924     7.3    1,053     8.1      961     7.4    1,108     8.3      996     7.6
                 30 - 39 hours     1,031     8.1    1,076     8.3    1,065     8.2    1,311     9.9    1,253     9.5
     Worked 40 hours and over      9,785    77.2    9,637    74.4    9,818    75.7    9,557    71.9    9,855    75.0
  With a job, not at work            139     1.1      191     1.5      194     1.5      328     2.5      142     1.1

       RURAL
     Total Employed               15,176   100.0   15,315   100.0   15,405   100.0   16,204   100.0   15,915   100.0
  At Work                         15,010    98.9   15,106    98.6   15,163    98.4   15,853    97.8   15,747    98.9
     Worked less than 40 hours     6,663    43.9    6,967    45.5    6,949    45.1    7,370    45.5    7,251    45.6
         Less than 20 hours        1,901    12.5    2,219    14.5    2,234    14.5    2,156    13.3    2,153    13.5
                 20 - 29 hours     2,172    14.3    2,284    14.9    2,182    14.2    2,486    15.3    2,350    14.8
                 30 - 39 hours     2,590    17.1    2,464    16.1    2,533    16.4    2,728    16.8    2,748    17.3
     Worked 40 hours and over      8,347    55.0    8,139    53.1    8,214    53.3    8,483    52.4    8,496    53.4
  With a job, not at work            166     1.1      209     1.4      241     1.6      352     2.2      168     1.1

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