TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL: JULY 1998 TO JULY 1999
          (Values are in thousands. 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 Underemployed (In thousands)      5,803  20.8     6,701  23.7    6,269  22.1      6,694  22.7     6,466  22.3
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                 3,036  10.9     3,567  12.6    3,433  12.1      3,652  12.4     3,481  12.0
      40 hours and over                  2,767   9.9     3,134  11.1    2,835  10.0      3,042  10.3     2,985  10.3

            URBAN
  Total Underemployed                    2,195  17.3     2,665  20.6    2,410  18.6      2,658  20.0     2,438  18.6
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                   943   7.4     1,203   9.3    1,117   8.6      1,298   9.8     1,129   8.6
      40 hours and over                  1,253   9.9     1,463  11.3    1,293  10.0      1,361  10.2     1,309  10.0

            RURAL
  Total Underemployed                    3,608  23.8     4,035  26.3    3,859  25.1      4,035  24.9     4,028  25.3
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                 2,093  13.8     2,364  15.4    2,317  15.0      2,354  14.5     2,352  14.8
      40 hours and over                  1,514  10.0     1,671  10.9    1,542  10.0      1,681  10.4     1,676  10.5

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